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PANAMA-PACIFIC 
MIRNATIONAL 
EXPOSITION 

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THE 

EXPOSITION 
FACT  BOOK 

(THIRD  EDITION) 


Panama- Pacific 

International 

Exposition 

at 

San  Francisco 


February  20  to  'December  4 

1915 


Foreword: 

One   of   the   most   important   features   of   the   Pan 
ama-Pacific     International     Exposition     will     be     the 
great  series  of  Congresses,   Conferences  and  Conven-    I  ty  I 
tions  to  assemble  in  San  Francisco  between  February    '    ' 
20th  and  December  4th,   1915.  x/* 

"The  wisdom  of  all  ages  is  none  too  great  for 
the  world's  work,"  said  President  McKinley  in  his 
famous  address  at  Buffalo  in  September,  1901.  This 
single,  salient  sentence  epitomizes  the  plans  already 
formulated  for  the  Congresses  to  be  held  under  the 
auspices  of  the  Exposition  in  1915.  As  the  material 
exhibits  will  show  world  progress  on  all  lines,  so 
will  the  Congresses  gather  together  the  experience 
of  the  ages  in  education,  science,  art,  industry  and 
social  service. 

The  President  and  Directors  of  the  Panama-Pacific 
International  Exposition  have  from  the  first  recog 
nized  the  desirability  of  providing  for  a  series  of 
Congresses  and  Conferences  that  would  exceed  in 
scope  and  excel  in  character  anything  heretofore  at 
tempted,  and  that  would  stand  as  a  monument  long 
after  the  material  features  of  the  Exposition  have 
been  forgotten.  The  progress  already  made  justifies 
the  statement  that  this  hope  will  be  fully  realized. 

More  than  three  hundred  Congresses,  Conferences 
and  Conventions  will  meet  in  or  near  San  Francisco 
during  the  Exposition  period.  Both  the  American 
and  the  International  Associations  are  evincing  the 
keenest  interest  in  participating  in  this  great  series 
of  national  and  international  gatherings. 

With  the  Exposition  as  a  world  forum,  every 
conceivable  line  of  human  thought  will  have  repre 
sentation.  Delegates  will  be  present  from  prac 
tically  all  civilized  nations. 

For  the  accommodaton  of  these  many  gatherings, 
the  Exposition  has  provided  the  Exposition  Memorial 
Auditorium  at  a  cost  of  more  than  one  million  dol 
lars.  Festival  Hall  and  Congress  Hall  on  the  Expo 
sition  grounds  will  also  be  at  their  service.  Both 
the  University  of  California  and  the  Leland  Stanford 
Junior  University  have  placed  all  available  hall 
facilities  at  the  service  of  educational,  scientific  and 
other  learned  bodies  meeting  in  California  in  1915. 
Among  the  many  meeting  places  available  for  the 
use  of  Congresses  and  Conventions  holding  sessions 
in  or  near  San  Francisco  in  1915  will  be  the  Munici 
pal  Auditorium  now  in  process  of  erection  in  Oak 
land,  just  across  the  bay  from  San  Francisco.  With 
the  completion  of  the  Exposition  Memorial  Audi 
torium  and  the  Oakland  Municipal  Auditorium  as 
many  as  one  hundred  Congresses  and  Conventions 
could  be  accommodated  daily  in  San  Francisco  and 
near-by  cities  in  1915. 


President,    Panama- Pacific 

International    Exposition. 
San   Francisco, 
June  1,  1914. 


The  Invitation: 


San  Francisco,  California, 
June  1,  1914. 

To  the  Conventions,  Congresses   and   Learned    Societies 
of  the   World: 

The  Panama-Pacific  International  Exposition  cor 
dially  invites  you  to  hold  your  1915  meetings  in  the 
New  San  Francisco,  on  any  dates  from  February  20 
to  December  4. 

Low  railway  and  steamship  rates  are  assured.  The 
2023  hotels  and  apartment  houses  in  the  rebuilt  city 
will  provide  ample  accommodations  at  reasonable 
rates.  The  new  million-dollar  auditorium,  and  other 
halls,  will  be  at  your  service,  this  to  be  without 
expense  to  you. 

The  Exposition  will  give  you  a  graphic  picture  of 
world  progress  on  all  lines.  The  wide  range  of 
routes  to  San  Francisco  by  rail  and  water,  with  the 
privilege  of  selecting  one  route  for  the  going  trip 
and  a  different  one  for  the  return  to  your  homes, 
will  give  you  an  unusual  opportunity  for  seeing 
scenic  and  industrial  America.  By  taking  the  south 
ern  routes  either  coming  to  San  Francisco  or  re 
turning  to  your  homes  you  can  see  the  New  South 
and  the  Great  Southwest  with  their  distinctive  in 
dustries  and  wonderful  opportunities.  The  central 
routes  will  place  you  in  touch  with  the  industries 
of  the  Mississippi  Valley  and  with  the  scenic  won 
ders  of  the  Rocky  Mountains,  while  the  northern 
routes  will  provide  opportunity  for  seeing  Canada 
and  the  Great  Northwest.  Or  should  you  choose  to 
travel  via  the  Panama  Canal,  it  would  enable  you  to 
study  this  wonderful  work.  After  holding  your  ses 
sions  and  visiting  the  Exposition,  you  can  make  San 
Francisco  the  center  for  seeing  the  Pacific  Coast. 

Why  not  plan  to  hold  your  1915  meetings  under 
the  auspices  of  the  Exposition — then  visit  the  Yo- 
semite,  the  various  groves  of  the  Big  Trees,  the 
great  Canyons  of  the  Sierras,  the  Redwood  Country, 
the  Tahoe  or  Shasta  Resorts,  Southern  California, 
or  some  of  the  many  beach  or  mountain  resorts 
scattered  throughout  our  Wonderland?  Going  and 
coming,  across  the  continent  or  through  the  Canal, 
there  is  much  for  you  to  see  on  the  way  if  you  will 
take  the  time. 

Why  not  make  definite  plans  now  for  your  1915 
meeting  by  the  Golden  Gate?  It  will  never  be  more 
enjoyable;  it  will  never  cost  so  little.  The  latch- 
string  will  be  out  when  you  cross  the  California 
line.  This  little  Fact  Book  will  give  you  a  definite 
idea  of  how  you  may  combine  attendance  at  your 
1915  meeting  in  San  Francisco  with  a  real  world 
outing.  We  shall  hope  to  see  you  in  the  New  San 
Francisco  in  1915. 

Assuring  you  that  you  will  be  most  welcome,  we 
are,  for  the  Exposition, 

Very    sincerely    yours, 


President. 


Secretary. 

NOTE — Address  all  communications  regarding 
Congresses  and  Conventions  to  the  Director  of 
Congresses,  Panama-Pacific  International  Exposition, 
San  Francisco,  California. 


ABOUT  HOLDING  CONVENTIONS  IN  SAN  FRAN 
CISCO  IN  1915,  WITH  SOMETHING  DESCRIP 
TIVE  OF  THE  EXPOSITION  AND  OF  THE 
COST  OF  COMING: 

"What  are  the  advantages  of  holding  our  1915 
Convention  in  San  Francisco?" 

''What   about  the  routes  to   San   Francisco?" 

"What  will  be  the  Railway  and  Steamship  rates 
to  San  Francisco  in  1915?" 

"How   about   hotel   facilities?" 

"What  will  a  week  in  San  Francisco  cost?" 

' '  Where  can  we  go  after  attending  our  conven 
tion  and  visiting  the  Exposition,  and  what  will  it 
cost?" 

"Can  we   afford   the   trip?" 

are  among  the  questions  now  being  asked  by  mem 
bers  of  hundreds  of  organizations  throughout  the 
world. 

THE    FACT    BOOK: 

This  Fact  Book  is  intended  especially  for  members 
of  the  many  organizations  that  will  hold  their  1915 
meetings  in  San  Francisco.  It  will  seek  to  give 
a  definite  idea  of  the  advantages  of  such  meetings, 
with  facts  about  the  Exposition,  the  cost  of  the 
trip,  points  of  interest,  etc. 

ROUTES    AND    RATES: 

The  delegate  to  San  Francisco  in  1915  will  have 
a  choice  of  routes  that  will  give  for  sightseeing  and 
study  a  range  never  before  presented  in  the  history 
of  expositions.  Any  one  of  the  many  rail  lines 
leading  west  may  be  used.  There  will  also  be  a 
route  by  steamship  from  Atlantic  Coast  and  Gulf 
ports  direct  to  San  Francisco  through  the  Panama 
Canal.  In  general  the  delegate  may  reach  the  Ex 
position  City  via  Denver,  Ogden  and  Salt  Lake  City, 
direct  or  via  Los  Angeles;  via  El  Paso  and  Los 
Angeles,  Albuquerque  direct  or  via  Los  Angeles; 
or  via  Spokane,  Seattle,  Portland,  Vancouver,  Victoria 
or  Prince  Rupert. 

The  following  round-trip  rates  have  been  announced: 
From    Denver    and    common    points    to 

San    Francisco    and    return $45.00 

From     Omaha,     St.     Joseph,     Atchison, 

Kansas   City   and    common   points   to 

San    Francisco    and    return 50.00 

From  St.  Louis,  Memphis,  New  Orleans 

and  common  points  to  San  Francisco 

and    return 57.50 

From    Chicago    and    common    points    to 

San    Francisco    and    return 62.50 

From    Pittsburgh    and    common    points 

to  San  Francisco  and  return 81.20 

From    Buffalo    and    common    points    to 

San  Francisco  and  return 83.50 

From    Detroit    and    common    points    to 

San  Francisco  and  return 73.50 

From  Cincinnati  and  common  points  to 

San    Francisco    and    return 71.10 

From     Cleveland    and    common     points 

to  San  Francisco  and  return 76.20 

From    New    York    and    common    points 

to  San  Francisco  and  return 94.30 

From  Philadelphia  and  common  points 

to  San  Francisco   and  return 92.95 

From    Washington   and   common    points 

to  San  Francisco  and  return 92.30 

All  tickets  good  via  any  direct  line,  returning  via 
the  same  or  any  other  direct  line.  Tickets  from 
Chicago,  St.  Louis  and  similar  territory  are  good 


via  New  Orleans,  returning  via  same  or  any  other 
direct  route.  All  rates  apply  via  Los  Angeles. 
Round  trip  tickets  going  or  returning  via  Canadian 
or  northern  lines  through  Prince  Rupert,  Victoria, 
Vancouver,  Seattle  or  Portland;  Shasta  Route  (rail)  or 
steamship  between  these  points  and  San  Francisco 
$17.50  higher,  except  that  tickets  via  Prince  Rupert 
are  $27.50  higher,  which  includes  berth  and  meals  on 
steamer  Prince  Rupert  to  Seattle.  Usual  stop-over 
privileges  will  be  allowed  on  both  going  and  re 
turn  trip. 

Tickets  will  be  on  sale  March  1st  to  December 
1st,  1915,  good  for  ninety  days  from  date  of  sale, 
except  that  final  return  limit  on  all  tickets  sold  at 
above  rates  will  be  December  15th,  1915. 

The  sleeping  car  rates  can  readily  be  determined 
on  inquiry  at  starting  points.  Two  classes  of  sleep 
ing  cars  are  operated  into  San  Francisco  from  the 
east,  known  as  standard  and  tourist  service.  The 
rates  in  the  tourist  cars  are  one-half  of  the  rates  in 
the  standard  sleepers. 

Special  excursion  rates  by  both  rail  and  water 
will  be  in  effect  during  the  whole  of  the  Exposition 
period  from  San  Francisco  to  points  of  interest 
throughout  the  Pacific  Coast. 

VIA    PANAMA    CANAL: 

Rates  will  be  in  effect  and  excursions  will  be  run 
during  the  Exposition  period  taking  the  traveler 
through  the  Canal  on  going  trip  and  returning  via 
rail  or  vice  versa,  from  Atlantic  Coast  and  Gulf 
ports  to  San  Francisco.  Steamship  service  will  also 
be  maintained  from  South  American  and  European 
ports  to  San  Francisco  via  the  Canal.  Travelers 
via  this  route  will  be  able  to  make  a  study  of  the 
Canal,  the  completion  of  which  the  Panama-Pacific 
International  Exposition  celebrates. 

BAGGAGE: 

The  charges  for  taking  baggage  to  any  point  in 
San  Francisco  within  limits  are  as  follows:  Trunks, 
50  cents;  suit  cases  or  bags,  25  cents.  Have  each 
piece  of  baggage  conspicuously  marked  with  one  or 
more  pasters,  or  linen  tags,  showing  owner's  name, 
hotel  (street  and  number  if  private  residence),  San 
Francisco.  Transfer  companies  will  have  agents  in 
uniform  on  all  trains  (regular  and  special)  enter 
ing  San  Francisco.  Members  should  deliver  to  them 
their  baggage  checks,  with  proper  street  address, 
taking  transfer  company's  receipt  for  same.  Trans 
fer  companies  will  hold  baggage  three  days  free  of 
storage  for  those  undecided  as  to  their  location. 

COST    OF    LIVING: 

"What  will  a  week  cost  in  San  Francisco  in 
1915?"  is  a  question  often  asked.  Rooms  occupied 
by  one  person  may  be  obtained  in  San  Francisco 
by  the  day  from  $1.00  up.  Restaurants  are  numer 
ous  and  excellent,  where  meals  are  served  at  from 
25  cents  to  $1.00  each.  An  excellent  French,  Span 
ish,  Mexican  or  Italian  dinner  may  be  obtained  at 
from  25  cents  up.  Room  and  board  may  be  se 
cured  at  first-class  family  hotels  or  in  private  fami 
lies  by  the  week  from  $12.00  up.  Counting  $7.00 
per  week  for  room,  $7.00  for  meals,  and  $6.00  for 
such  incidentals  as  admissions  to  the  Exposition 
and  street  car  fare,  a  week's  trip  to  San  Francisco 
would  cost  $20.00,  plus  the  cost  of  the  round  trip 
to  San  Francisco,  the  cost  of  sleeping-car  fare  and 
of  such  side  trips  as  might  be  taken  during  the 
week.  The  estimate  for  incidental  expenses  covers 
the  car  fare  to  such  points  of  interest  as  Golden 
Gate  Park,  Dolores  Mission,  the  Presidio,  Sutro 
Baths,  Cliff  House  and  Seal  Rocks  (5  cents  each 


way),  and  to  Oakland,  Alameda,  Berkeley  and  the 
University  of  California  (10  cents  each  way).  The 
San  Francisco  theatres  are  open  the  year  round  and 
play  the  best  New  York  attractions  during  the 
summer  months,  while  the  Eastern  theatres  are 
closed.  The  concessions  on  the  Exposition  grounds 
will  furnish  all  sorts  of  high-class  amusement,  both 
during  the  day  time  and  until  11  o'clock  P.  M.,  at 
prices  from  ten  to  fifty  cents. 

HOTEL   ACCOMMODATIONS: 

San  Francisco  will  provide  ample  hotel  accommo 
dations  in  1915  and  at  reasonable  rates.  A  census 
just  completed  by  the  San  Francisco  Chamber  of 
Commerce  shows  2023  hotels  and  apartment  and 
rooming  houses  in  the  city,  an  increase  of  786  or 
about  64  per  cent  in  three  years.  Besides  the  hotel 
dining  rooms  and  grills,  the  Chamber  of  Commerce 
census  shows  767  restaurants  and  cafes,  an  increase 
of  110,  or  17  per  cent,  during  the  past  year.  Of 
the  hotels  more  than  90  per  cent  are  new,  with 
such  modern  conveniences  in  every  room  as  the  tele 
phone,  hot  and  cold  water,  steam  heat  and  electric 
lights.  Among  the  great  hotels  that  rank  with  the 
best  in  New  York  or  London,  are  the  new  Palace, 
with  700  rooms,  the  Fairmont  with  500  rooms  and 
the  St.  Francis  with  750  rooms.  An  additional  wing 
now  being  added  to  the  St.  Francis  will  provide  a 
total  of  about  1000  rooms  by  1915.  New  York  is 
the  only  American  city  with  greater  accommoda 
tions  for  conventions  and  visitors.  Within  a  half 
hour  from  San  Francisco  by  ferry  and  electric  car 
are  the  cities  of  Oakland,  Alameda  and  Berkeley, 
where  accommodations  can  be  provided  for  fully 
50,000  additional  people. 

HOTEL    RESERVATIONS    FOR    1915: 

The  Exposition  management  has  organized  a  "Bu 
reau  of  Information  and  Public  Service,"  the  serv 
ices  of  which  are  rendered  free.  This  bureau  Will 
undertake  to  supply  information  regarding  hotels, 
apartments,  boarding-houses,  and  rooms  for  indi 
viduals,  parties  and  conventions.  The  San  Francisco 
Hotel  Association,  representing  more  than  four  hun 
dred  modern  hotels,  apartment  and  lodging  houses, 
containing  more  than  50,000  rooms,  has  incorporated 
and  established  the  San  Francisco  Hotel  Bureau,  with 
a  capital  of  $100,000.  The  Bureau  will  make  con 
tracts  for  the  members  of  the  Association  for  hotel 
and  other  accommodations  which  may  be  desired 
during  the  Exposition  year  and  guarantees  that  all 
who  may  so  contract  will  receive  just  and  fair 
treatment  in  strict  accordance  with  their  agreement. 
These  accommodations,  the  most  modern  of  any  city 
in  the  world,  will  be  contracted  upon  the  basis  of 
from  one  to  three  dollars  per  day  per  person,  Euro 
pean  plan,  and  for  any  date  and  any  length  of 
time  desired.  The  contracting  party  will  be  re 
quired  to  give  a  satisfactory  guarantee  that  the 
rooms  will  be  used  at  the  time  stated  in  the  con 
tract.  Booklets  and  other  literature  will  be  sent  to 
any  one  wishing  information  in  regard  to  reserva 
tions  or  anything  connected  with  a  visit  to  the  Ex 
position  in  1915.  Arrangements  with  these  hotels 
may  'be  made  through  the  Exposition  "Bureau  of 
Information  and  Public  Service,"  or  directly  with 
the  San  Francisco  Hotel  Bureau,  No.  702  Market 
Street,  San  Francisco. 

INSIDE    INN: 

A    great    Exposition    Hotel    to    be    erected  on    the 

grounds    will    make    a    specialty    of    catering  to    the 

Congresses    and    Conventions   that   will   meet  in    San 


Francisco  in  1915.  Among  the  convention  conven 
iences  will  be  halls  seating  from  100  to  1000  each. 
Officers  of  organizations  holding  sessions  in  San 
Francisco  in  1915  may  contract  with  the  Inside 
Inn  for  accommodations  for  their  members  at  fixed 
rates  and  for  agreed  dates. 

The  rates  per  day  will  be  from  $1.00  to  $10.00 
(European  plan),  according  to  accommodations.  Par 
ties  either  of  women  or  of  men  may  be  accommo 
dated  at  very  reasonable  rates  in  rooms  containing 
several  beds.  In  addition  to  the  charge  for  rooms, 
a  charge  of  50  cents  will  be  made  for  each  adult 
guest,  and  25  cents  for  each  child  between  the  ages 
of  5  and  12  years,  for  daily  admission  to  the 
grounds. 

The  dining  service  and  cuisine  will  be  of  the  high 
est  character.  Single  meals  will  be  served  as  fol 
lows:  Breakfast,  50  cents;  luncheon,  50  cents; 
dinner,  $1.00.  Meals  also  will  be  served  a  la  carte. 
In  addition  to  the  regular  dining  rooms  there  will  be 
a  ladies'  grill,  a  gentlemen's  cafe,  a  lunch  room 
and  private  dining  rooms. 

The  Inside  Inn,  being  within  the  Exposition  grounds, 
will  be  subject  to  the  Rules  and  Regulations  of  the 
Exposition,  and  no  abuses,  overcharges,  nor  any 
thing  offensive  to  the  moral  sense  or  good  taste, 
will  be  permitted. 

FREE    CONVENTION    HALLS: 

A  great  Auditorium,  to  cost  one  million  dollars, 
will  be  erected  at  the  new  Civic  Center  in  San 
Francisco  for  the  use  of  the  many  Congresses  and 
Conventions  that  will  meet  under  the  auspices  of 
the  Exposition  in  1915.  The  main  hall  will  seat 
10,000;  5000  on  the  main  floor  and  5000  on  a 
great  sloping  balcony  so  arranged  in  relation  to 
the  ground  floor  as  to  give  the  impression  almost 
of  a  single  great  saucer.  Ten  smaller  halls  have 
a  seating  capacity  of  from  400  to  1200  each. 
By  rolling  partitions  the  halls  on  the  third  and 
fourth  floors  may  be  divided  into  smaller  halls.  It 
will  be  possible  at  any  one  time  to  accommodate 
in  the  Auditorium  twenty-one  conventions  with  an 
attendance  of  from  250  to  10,000  persons  each.  In 
addition  to  the  twenty-one  halls  there  are  nineteen 
rooms,  each  seating  from  35  to  125,  suitable  for 
committee  or  section  meetings.  There  are  forty- 
one  exits  from  the  ground  floor.  Besides  the  ele 
vators,  fourteen  wide  stairways  lead  to  the  balcony 
and  to  the  halls  on  the  upper  floors.  The  Exposi 
tion  Auditorium  will  be  one  of  the  best  planned 
for  Congresses  and  Conventions  in  America.  It  is 
about  one  mile  from  the  Exposition  entrance,  in 
one  of  the  quiet  portions  of  the  city,  well  located 
for  deliberative  gatherings.  Halls  will  also  be 
available  on  the  grounds.  Festival  Hall,  seating 
3000,  is  especially  intended  for  organizations  con 
cerned  with  music,  and  will  be  equipped  with  a 
splendid  pipe  organ.  A  special  pavilion  on  the 
grounds  will  be  provided  for  agricultural,  horticul 
tural  and  live  stock  organizations.  The  University 
of  California  and  Stanford  University  have  placed 
all  available  facilities  at  the  service  of  learned 
societies  and  scientific  bodies  desirous  of  meeting 
at  either  University  in  1915.  Among  the  available 
meeting  places  at  the  University  of  California  is 
the  Greek  Theatre,  a  beautiful  out-door  auditorium 
seating  8500  people. 

DATES: 

The  Panama-Pacific  International  Exposition  will 
open  February  20  and  close  December  4,  1915,  a 


period    of    nine    and    one-half    months — from    Winter 
to   Winter. 

SEEING   THE    EXPOSITION: 

The  Exposition  may  be  reached  by  ferry  from  the 
foot  of  Market  Street  or  by  street  car  from  any 
part  of  San  Francisco.  The  San  Francisco-Oakland 
Terminal  Railways  (Key  System)  will  operate  dur 
ing  the  Exposition  period  a  combined  electric  train 
and  ferry  service  that  will  carry  passengers  direct 
to  the  Exposition  grounds  from  Oakland,  Alameda 
or  Berkeley;  fare  one  way  25  cents,  round  trip,  40 
cents.  At  least  a  week,  and  as  much  longer  as  time 
will  permit,  should  be  set  aside  for  visiting  the  Ex 
position.  The  price  for  single  admission  will  be 
50  cents  for  all  over  twelve  years  of  age;  25  cents 
for  children  between  the  ages  of  five  and  twelve; 
children  under  five  will  be  admitted  free  when 
accompanied  by  an  adult  person.  The  main  exhibi 
tion  palaces  will  open  at  nine  o'clock  A.  M.,  and 
will  be  closed  at  sun-down.  No  entrance  fee  will 
be  charged  to  any  of  the  exhibition  palaces. 

THE    GROUNDS: 

•The  Exposition  grounds  contain  635  acres  in  the 
' '  Harbor  View ' '  section,  forming  a  natural  amphi 
theatre  overlooking  San  Francisco  Bay  and  its 
' '  Golden  Gate ' '  entrance  from  the  Pacific.  These 
grounds  include  part  of  the  United  States  military 
reservations — the  "Presidio"  on  one  end  and  "Fort 
Mason"  on  the  other.  The  Exposition  grounds  ex 
tend  over  two  miles  on  the  water  front  and  aver 
age  one-half  mile  in  width. 

TRANSPORTATION : 

Any  part  of  the  grounds  may  be  reached  by 
motor  bus  from  points  within  the  grounds,  fare 
10  cents.  A  double  track  railway  extends  along  the 
water  front  from  one  end  of  the  site  to  the  other, 
giving  a  four  mile  ride  for  10  cents.  One  of  the 
transportation  features  for  the  convenience  of  visi 
tors  will  be  the  automobile  chair.  Push  chairs, 
jinrikshas  and  bicycle  chairs  will  also  be  available 
at  reasonable  rates. 

PALACES    AND    EXHIBITS: 

Both  the  Exposition  and  the  event  it  celebrates, 
the  completion  of  the  Panama  Canal,  look  to  the 
future  rather  than  to  the  past.  For  that  reason  ex 
hibits  in  all  departments  will  be  contemporaneous 
rather  than  historical,  and  will  seek  to  show  the 
progress  of  the  world  during  the  ten  years  pre 
ceding  1915.  The  exhibits  will  be  grouped  in  eleven 
departments,  as  follows: 

Department  A,  Fine  Arts. 

Department  B,  Education. 

Department  C,  Social    Economy. 

Department  D,  Liberal    Arts. 

Department  E,  Manufactures  and  Varied  Industries. 

Department  F,  Machinery,- 

Department  G,  Transportation. 

Department  H,  Agriculture. 

Department  I,    Live    Stock. 

Department  K,  Horticulture. 

Department  L,  Mines    and    Metallurgy. 

Exhibit  palaces  with  as  much  as  nine  acres  of 
floor  area  each  will  be  provided.  The  combined  area 
will  amount  to  3,731,500  square  feet.  A  horticul 
tural  display  of  50  acres,  12  acres  of  railroad  and 
other  outdoor  exhibits,  a  drill  and  aviation  field 
of  50  acres,  state  buildings  40  acres,  foreign  build 
ings  37  acres,  will  be  some  of  the  features. 


Nine  months  before  the  date  fixed  for  the  open 
ing  of  the  Exposition,  nine  of  the  twelve  main 
exhibit  palaces  were  completed.  The  first  palace 
to  be  finished  was  the  Palace  of  Machinery,  the 
largest  wooden  frame  structure  in  the  world,  which 
was  completed  over  a  year  before  the  Exposition 
opening.  On  June  1st,  1914,  each  of  the  eight 
buildings  constituting  the  main  group  of  exhibit 
palaces,  had  been  turned  over  to  their  respective 
chiefs  of  departments  for  the  installation  of  ex 
hibits.  This  group  comprises  the  Palace  of  Varied 
Industries,  the  Palace  of  Mines  and  Metallurgy,  the 
Palace  of  Transportation,  the  Palace  of  Agriculture, 
the  Palace  of  Food  Products,  the  Palace  of  Educa 
tion,  the  Palace  of  Liberal  Arts  and  the  Palace  of 
Manufactures.  Of  the  remaining  three  palaces,  the 
Palace  of  Horticulture  at  this  date  (June  1st,  1914) 
is  90  per  cent  complete,  the  Palace  of  Fine  Arts 
30  per  cent  complete,  and  the  structural  walls  for 
Festival  Hall,  the  main  auditorium  upon  the  Expo 
sition  grounds,  are  now  being  erected. 


EDUCATION: 

The  educational  exhibit  now  being  gathered  for 
the  Panama-Pacific  International  Exposition,  is  be 
ing  arranged  by  subjects.  For  example,  there  will 
be  exhibits  showing  national  problems  in  education, 
the  educational  development  of  foreign  countries, 
various  methods  of  state  control,  higher  education, 
kindergartens,  agricultural  education,  physical  and 
vocational  work,  fine  and  applied  arts,  outdoor  ac 
tivities,  special  groups  and  special  methods,  libraries, 
social  service,  rural  education,  etc. 

A  state,  city,  university,  academy,  etc.,  will  be 
invited  to  exhibit,  if  it  can  handle  thoroughly  and 
to  the  satisfaction  of  visitors,  one  of  these  great 
subjects  or  some  important  phase  of  the  same.  Un 
der  this  arrangement  one  state  will  handle  voca 
tional  training;  another,  centralized  control;  another, 
decentralized  control;  another,  educational  exten 
sion;  another,  the  consolidation  of  rural  schools; 
another,  outdoor  education;  another,  agricultural 
work  in  rural  communities,  etc.  Certain  cities  and 
institutions  will  show  music,  kindergartens,  edu 
cation  by  moving  pictures,  co-operative  courses,  art, 
classes  for  atypical  children,  methods  of  medical 
inspection,  special  methods  of  teaching  hand-writing, 
drawing,  social  service,  schools  for  mining,  etc.  One 
section  of  the  exhibit  will  be  reserved  for  moving 
pictures;  another,  for  the  display  of  commercial 
activities  of  peculiar  value  to  school  people;  an 
other,  for  class  rooms,  where  classes  in  actual  opera 
tion  will  illustrate  methods  of  teaching,  which  can 
only  be  well  displayed  by  the  classes  themselves; 
another  will  show  outdoor  education,  outdoor  schools, 
kindergartens,  day  nurseries  and  playgrounds,  all 
conducted,  as  nearly  as  possible,  in  conformity  with 
actual  conditions  prevailing  in  the  different  cities 
of  the  country. 

Altogether  the  educational  exhibit  is  to  be  a 
living,  moving  school  of  the  most  advanced  kind. 
It  is  a  school  which  will  teach  from  various  angles, 
the  fundamental  facts  of  education,  namely — that 
school  and  life  must  be  closely  interwoven;  that 
education  is  a  preparation  for  complete  and  healthy 
living  am*/  not  merely  a  preparation  for  certain 
types  of  life;  that  the  school  is  properly  a  social 
clearing  house  for  the  community  and  the  "melting 
pot"  T^iiich  must  Americanize,  humanize  and  "in 
dustrialize"  not  merely  our  children,  but  all  of  the 
people  in  all  of  our  communities. 

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SOCIAL    ECONOMY: 

Social  Economy  at  the  Panama-Pacific  Interna 
tional  Exposition  will  include  subjects  suggested 
under  the  general  titles — Home  and  Child  Welfare, 
Hygiene,  Charities,  Corrections,  Municipal,  Religion, 
Research  and  Labor. 

Certain  states,  cities,  organizations  and  commer 
cial  agencies  which  excel  in  particular  lines  of  social 
activity  will  exhibit  their  methods  and  facts  show 
ing  the  direct  results  of  their  efforts.  This  depart 
ment  of  the  Exposition  is  expected  to  appeal  in  part 
to  those  directly  interested  in  humanitarian  efforts, 
but  in  far  larger  part  to  shrewd  and  resourceful  cap 
tains  of  industry,  labor  leaders  or  public  officials 
who  have  already  been  impressed  with  the  economic 
value  of  social  effort  and  now  await  only  detailed 
demonstrations  of  best  methods  before  adopting 
more  comprehensive  programs  of  social  conservation. 

LIVE    STOCK: 

The  plans  of  the  Department  of  Live  Stock  in 
clude  a  continuous  exhibition  of  live  stock  from 
February  20th  to  December  4th,  1915.  For  the 
competitions  between  breeds  of  live  stock  and 
poultry,  which  will  take  place  in  October  and  No 
vember,  1915,  the  Exposition  has  set  aside  $175,000 
in  cash,  Associations  of  this  and  other  countries 
have  added  $75,000  and  a  number  of  states  have 
made  contributions  which  will  approximate  $200,000, 
thus  making  a  total  of  $450,000  that  will  be 
awarded  in  live  stock  premiums. 

The  special  activities  of  the  Department  of  Live 
Stock  include  benching  the  dogs  that  compete  in 
the  International  Field  Trials,  a  Universal  Polo 
Meeting  with  competing  teams  from  all  over  the 
world,  two  Harness  Race  Meetings  in  competition 
for  $227,000  in  stakes  and  purses,  an  International 
Egg  Laying  Contest,  extending  from  November  1st, 
1914,  to  November  1st,  1915,  an  International 
Mounted  Military  competition,  participated  in  by 
teams  representing  the  armies  of  the  world,  an  In 
ternational  Sheep  Shearing  Contest,  an  International 
Demonstration  of  the  proper  method  of  sorting  and 
grading  wools,  an  International  Sheep  Dog  Trial, 
and,  following  the  special  competition  in  horses, 
cattle,  sheep,  swine,  poultry,  pigeons,  dogs,  cats  and 
pet  stock,  a  Children's  Pet  Stock  Show,  in  which 
the  youth  of  the  world  will  enter  their  pets  in  dis 
play  and  competition  for  prizes. 

The  high  point  in  attendance  at  all  national  and 
international  expositions  on  this  continent  has  been 
during  the  live  stock  show  period.  At  San  Fran 
cisco  there  will  be  opportunities  for  study  and  en 
joyment  throughout  the  term  of  the  Exposition. 

GOVERNMENT    EXHIBIT: 

The  exhibit  of  the  United  States  Government  at 
the  Panama-Pacific  International  Exposition  has 
been  divided  into  sixteen  grand  divisions  or  sec 
tions,  representing  all  of  the  Executive  Departments, 
except  one,  and  seven  independent  offices  and  com 
missions.  The  Departments  to  be  represented  by 
exhibits  are  State,  Treasury,  War,  Postoffice,  Navy, 
Interior,  Agriculture,  Commerce  and  Labor,  and  the 
other  divisions  comprise  the  Civil  Service  Commis 
sion,  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission,  the  Library 
of  Congress,  the  Smithsonian  Institution,  the  Commis 
sion  of  Fine  Arts,  the  Governemnt  Printing  Office 
and  the  American  National  Red  Cross. 

Army  wagons,  tents  and  equipment  used  in  the 
Civil  War  are  expected  to  form  a  section  of  the 
exhibit  being  prepared  by  the  War  Department.  Side 

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by  side  with  the  modern  paraphernalia  of  war,  will 
be  shown  models  and  in  many  cases  originals,  of  the 
equipment  of  bygone  days.  A  complete  field  hospi 
tal,  in  operation  throughout  the  period  of  the  Ex 
position  will  be  another  feature  of  the  exhibit  of 
Uncle  Sam's  fighting  forces. 

The  American  National  Red  Cross  will  occupy  a 
large  space  in  the  Palace  of  Liberal  Arts,  and  the 
exhibit  will  include  a  panorama  of  Messina,  Italy, 
showing  in  a  vivid  fashion  the  relief  work  of  the 
Red  Cross  during  the  disaster  which  overtook  the 
Sicilian  city.  The  background  will  show  mountains 
and  the  ruined  city,  and  the  foreground  the  Amer 
ican  town  which  was  built  for  the  refugees  out  of 
the  funds  contributed  to  the  Red  Cross.  The  equip 
ment  for  relief  on  battlefields  will  be  shown  in  all 
its  details,  and  there  will  be  various  exhibits  show 
ing  the  work  done  during  the  Ohio  floods  of  1913, 
and  numerous  other  object  lessons  in  the  splendid 
work  of  which  the  Red  Cross  is  capable  and  is  ready 
to  undertake  at  short  notice. 

The  Department  of  the  Interior,  with  its  many 
bureaus  will  be  compelled,  within  the  limits  of  its 
allotted  space,  to  exhibit  a  vast  number  of  im 
portant  activities.  These  comprise  the  General  Land 
Office,  the  Bureau  of  Indian  Affairs,  the  Bureau  of 
Education,  the  Patent  Office,  the  Pension  Office,  the 
Geological  Survey,  the  Reclamation  Service,  the 
Bureau  of  Mines  and  the  National  Parks  and  reser 
vations.  The  Bureau  of  Education  of  the  Interior 
Department,  will  undertake  the  preparation  and  in 
stallation  of  a  general  educational  exhibit  in  the 
Palace  of  Education  and  Social  Economy.  The 
reclamation  of  arid  lands,  the  storing  of  water  and 
its  distribution  for  irrigation  purposes  and  the  great 
engineering  projects  under  its  direction  will  be  fea 
tured  by  the  Reclamation  Service. 

Every  possible  advantage  in  the  location  of  the 
Exposition  grounds  will  be  taken  by  the  Govern 
ment  to  add  to  the  interest  of  the  federal  exhibit. 
Permission  may  be  secured  to  visit  the  many  forts 
around  the  bay  and  the  battleship  fleet  which  will 
be  anchored  off  the  Exposition  site.  An  exhibition 
drill  by  the  United  States  Life  Saving  crew  will 
be  given  daily  at  the  station  on  the  Exposition 
grounds. 

CALIFORNIA   BUILDING: 

One  of  the  most  impressive  of  the  Palaces  and 
Pavilions  at  the  Exposition,  will  be  the  California 
building,  representing  a  much  larger  amount  of 
money  for  cost"  of  construction  and  equipment  than 
any  other  structure  on  the  grounds  and  covering 
over  five  acres,  being  second  in  size  only  to  Ma 
chinery  Hall,  the  largest  wooden  building  in  the 
world  today. 

The  California  building  has  been  designed  after 
the  style  of  the  historic  missions  erected  in  Cali 
fornia  by  the  Spanish  Monks,  and  is  located  on  the 
shore  of  San  Francisco  Bay,  in  the  foreground  of 
the  picture  that  will  greet  the  eyes  of  visitors  enter 
ing  the  Golden  Gate.  To  the  west  of  the  building 
will  be  the  stately  pavilions  of  New  York  and 
Oregon,  to  the  east  will  be  the  Yacht  Harbor  and 
Park  and  to  the  south  will  be  the  Palace  of  Food 
Products  and  the  Palace  of  Fine  Arts  with  its  fairy 
lake  and  islands.  The  administrative  wing  of  the 
building  will  be  three  stories  in  height,  and  the  re 
mainder,  in  which  the  products  of  the  various  coun 
ties  of  the  State  will  be  displayed,  will  have  two 
stories. 


This  building  will  contain  the  Executive  and  Ad 
ministrative  offices  of  the  Exposition,  and  in  it  the 
Woman's  Board  will  entertain  in  behalf  of  the  State 
of  California.  It  will  contain  a  richly  decorated 
ball  room,  the  largest  in  the  State,  a  great  reception 
room  and  a  reception  room  for  the  Administrative 
division,  where  President  Chas.  C.  Moore  will  receive 
the  official  guests  of  the  Exposition. 

Among  interesting  features  of  the  building  will  be 
the  roof  garden,  the  four  imposing  towers  and  the 
beautiful  forecourt  200  feet  square,  overlooked  by 
the  statue  of  Junipero  Serra,  the  first  of  the  Spanish 
Missionaries  to  California.  The  structure  and  its 
equipment  will  represent  an  outlay  of  over  $2,000,000. 

THE    MAEINA: 

Along  the  north  facade  of  the  main  group  of  ex 
hibit  palaces,  for  more  than  three-quarters  of  a  mile, 
will  stretch  the  North  Gardens.  Separating  the  gar 
dens  from  the  palaces  will  be  the  paved  Esplanade, 
and  between  the  gardens  and  the  yacht  harbor  will 
extend  the  Marina  driveway,  bordered  along  the  bay 
front  by  an  ornamental  Italian  balustrade,  along 
which  at  intervals  will  be  placed  decorative  light 
standards. 

METHODS    OF    LIGHTING: 

At  the  Exposition  methods  of  "indirect"  lighting 
will  be  used  for  out-of-door  effects  for  the  first  time 
at  any  exposition.  The  palace  walls  will  be  flooded 
by  light  from  high  power  arcs,  concealed  or  shaded 
from  the  eyes  of  the  spectators  by  the  use  of  or 
namental  metal  shields  or  banners.  Domes  will  be 
illuminated  from  within  by  powerful  searchlights 
arranged  to  give  varying  colored  effects.  Architec 
tural  features  will  be  accentuated  by  the  use  of 
"jewels"  of  polished  crystal. 

A    MARITIME    EXPOSITION: 

Fronting  San  Francisco  Bay  and  within  sight  of 
the  Golden  Gate,  the  Exposition  is  distinctly  mari 
time.  The  Bay,  the  Golden  Gate,  the  Pacific  Ocean, 
the  ships  coming  and  going,  will  be  among  the  great 
attractions  to  those  visiting  the  Exposition.  By  1915 
various  direct  steamship  lines  through  the  Panama 
Canal  will  be  in  operation  to  San  Francisco  from 
Europe  and  from  Atlantic  and  Gulf  ports  of  the 
United  States.  From  San  Francisco  as  a  centre  visi 
tors  may  take  delightful  trips  in  coast  steamers  to 
Santa  Cruz,  Los  Angeles,  San  Diego,  Portland,  Ta- 
coma  and  Seattle,  or  longer  voyages  to  Alaska,  the 
Hawaiian  Islands,  Japan,  China,  the  Philippine 
Islands,  Australia,  New  Zealand,  Tahiti  and  South 
American  ports. 

REGATTAS: 

A  regatta  for  sailing  yachts  will  be  held  under  the 
auspices  of  the  Exposition  during  the  three  weeks' 
period  from  April  5th  to  24th,  1915,  inclusive. 
Among  the  regatta  events  will  be  an  international 
race  for  12-metre  yachts,  for  which  the  President  of 
the  United  States  has  offered  a  handsome  trophy 
cup.  Entries  for  this  race  have  already  been  made 
by  Great  Britain  and  the  United  States.  His 
Majesty  King  George  V.  of  England  has  also  pre 
sented  a  handsome  cup  which  will  be  raced  for  by 
yachts  of  the  "N"  class  (38-foot  class)  under  Uni 
versal  Rule.  Races  for  other  classes  of  yachts,  in 
cluding  "  sonderclasse "  and  schooner  yachts,  have 
also  been  arranged.  Valuable  cupa  and  trophies  will 
be  offered  as  prizes  for  the  winners  of  all  races 
and  the  Exposition  will  furnish  souvenirs  to  all  com 
peting  yachts. 

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A  motor  boat  regatta  will  be  held  during  Octo 
ber,  1915.  The  principal  feature  of  this  regatta  will 
be  an  international  cruiser  race  from  New  York, 
through  the  Canal,  to  San  Francisco,  arriving  in  San 
Francisco  during  this  regatta.  The  distance  to  be 
covered  is  approximately  6000  miles.  Ten  thousand 
dollars  in  prizes  will  be  given  for  this  race.  Addi 
tional  races  will  be  held  during  the  regatta,  com 
prising  every  class  of  motor  boat,  for  which  suitable 
prizes  and  trophies  will  be  awarded. 

NAVAL    FEATURES: 

The  Exposition  grounds,  fronting  San  Francisco 
Bay  and  directly  adjoining  Fort  Mason  on  one  side 
and  the  Presidio  on  the  other,  are  ideally  located  for 
both  military  and  naval  displays  and  the  serious 
study  of  all  matters  pertaining  to  any  branch  of 
those  services.  Directly  east  of  the  grounds  are  the 
newly  completed  Transport  Docks,  from  whence  sails 
the  Government  fleet  to  the  nation's  island  posses 
sions  in  the  Pacific. 

An  International  Naval  Pageant  will  be  one  of 
the  most  spectacular  events  of  the  Exposition.  An 
chored  in  San  Francisco  Bay,  directly  off  the  Expo 
sition  site,  will  be  ships  flying  the  flags  of  all  the 
principal  maritime  nations  of  the  world.  The  fol 
lowing  nations  have  notified  the  Navy  Department 
that  they  will  send  men-of-war  to  the  Exposition: 
Argentine  Republic,  Austria,  France,  Germany,  Great 
Britain,  Greece,  Italy,  Japan,  Portugal,  Russia,  Spain 
and  Turkey.  Others  are  also  expected  to  participate. 
The  United  States  battleship  fleet  will  act  as  hosts 
to  visiting  foreign  navies.  This  International  Page 
ant  will  take  place  in  March,  1915.  Ample  oppor 
tunity  will  be  afforded  visitors  to  the  Exposition  to 
visit  the  men-of-war,  a  special  boat  harbor  having 
been  provided  in  the  grounds  for  the  accommoda 
tion  of  those  who  may  wish  to  go  on  board  the 
vessels  of  the  great  international  fleet. 

The  "Olympia,"  the  flagship  of  Admiral  Dewey, 
and  the  "Oregon,"  vessels  of  historical  interest,  will 
be  moored  in  a  basin  adjoining  the  Exposition 
grounds  throughout  the  Exposition  period,  and  will 
be  open  to  visitors.  Methods  of  instruction  for  en 
listed  men  will  be  exemplified  on  selected  battle 
ships  of  the  United  States  Navy,  anchored  in  the 
bay  opposite  the  Exposition. 

The  Navy  Department  will  also  be  represented 
on  shore  by  a  very  fine  and  interesting  exhibit  which 
will  include,  among  other  things,  a  collection  of 
figure  heads  of  historic  ships,  models  of  all  types 
of  modern  men-of-war,  motion  pictures  of  the  fleet 
at  maneuvers  and  target  practice,  a  working  model 
radio  plant  and  an  exhibition  of  hydroaeroplanes. 

MILITARY    FEATURES: 

Across  the  Golden  Gate  on  the  Marin  hills  are 
the  highest  seacoast  batteries  in  the  Western  Hemi 
sphere.  On  the  west,  the  Presidio,  the  ancient  Span 
ish  stronghold,  is  now  probably  the  most  important 
army  post  in  the  United  States,  containing  a  large 
garrison  of  cavalry,  artillery,  infantry,  and  the  tech 
nical  and  staff  corps.  Here  military  work  is  prac 
tically  continuous,  varying  from  teaching  the  awk 
ward  "rooky"  how  to  walk,  to  night  practice  with 
the  great  concealed  seacoast  batteries  at  a  five-mile 
range.  Visitors  may  secure  permission  to  visit  the 
many  other  forts  around  the  bay  that,  taken  together, 
make  this  one  of  the  most  strongly  fortified  harbors 
in  the  world. 

Proper  barracks  will  be  built  on  the  grounds  and 
visiting  military  organizations  and  uniform  ranks 
of  the  fraternal  societies  will  be  assigned  to  them 

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on  application.  There  will  be  no  charge  made  for 
this,  and  the  first  admission  will  be  the  only  one 
charged  to  men  in  uniform,  if  provided  with  a  spe 
cial  trip  pass  countersigned  by  the  Commanding 
Officer.  Cots  and  bedding  will  be  provided. 

An  International  Military  Tournament  will  be 
held  and  it  is  assured  that  organizations  will  com 
pete  from  many  foreign  armies,  the  organized  militia 
of  various  states,  military  schools  and  cadet  corps. 
Competitions  will  also  be  arranged  between  the  uni 
form  ranks  of  fraternal  societies. 

Besides  these  military  competitions,  there  have 
been  arranged  exclusively  military  events  in  the 
international  polo  contests,  aviation  meets,  horse 
shows,  etc.,  to  be  participated  in  by  officers  and 
soldiers  of  all  armies  in  uniform. 

MUSIC: 

The  music  at  the  Exposition  will  consist  of  con 
certs  by  the  greatest  military  bands  of  Europe  and 
America,  and  by  the  Exposition  orchestra  of  eighty 
performers  under  conductors  of  international  fame; 
of  concerts  by  leading  musical  organizations  of  the 
United  States  and  Canada;  of  organ  recitals  by  the 
world's  greatest  organists  and  of  miscellaneous  con 
certs,  recitals,  festivals  and  tournaments  by  visiting 
organizations  of  many  kinds. 

Among  the  great  musical  festivals  already  sched 
uled  for  San  Francisco  in  1915  is  the  International 
Welsh  Eisteddfod.  A  large  prize  will  be  offered  for 
the  1915  ode  of  1000  lines.  An  aggregate  of  $25,000 
will  be  distributed  in  prizes.  A  prize  of  $10,000  will 
be  offered  by  the  Eisteddfod  for  the  chief  choral 
composition  and  of  $3000  for  the  male  choir. 

SPECIAL  EVENTS: 

Among  the  most  notable  special  events  already 
scheduled  are  the  Vanderbilt  Cup  Race  and  the 
Grand  Prix  Automobile  Race.  The  entire  course  for 
both  races  will  be  within  the  Exposition  grounds. 
The  special  events  will  include  oriental  and  other 
pageants  and  days  set  aside  for  foreign,  state,  city 
and  county  celebrations. 

AERONAUTICS: 

The  new  science  of  aviation,  which  has  reached 
its  development  since  the  last  world's  exposition 
held  in  this  country,  will  be  given  much  attention 
at  the  Panama-Pacific  International  Exposition. 
Every  type  of  aircraft,  including  dirigible  balloons, 
will  be  on  active  exhibition  in  the  Palace  of  Trans 
portation  and  on  the  aviation  field  within  the  Ex 
position  grounds.  For  one  week  prior  to  the  start 
of  the  Around  the  World  Aeronautical  Race  in  May, 
1915,  there  will  be  held  an  aviation  meet,  for  which 
$25,000  in  prizes  will  be  offered.  Events  are  being 
programmed  including  aerial  maneuvers  in  connec 
tion  with  the  military  and  naval  forces  which  will 
be  present  representing  the  various  nations  of  the 
world. 

The  middle  of  May,  1915,  will  be  the  date  of  the 
start  of  the  great  Panama-Pacific  International 
Around  the  World  Aerial  Race,  for  which  the  Ex 
position  has  offered  prizes  amounting  to  $150,000. 
In  addition  to  this  sum  the  various  cities  included 
in  the  route  of  the  race  are  preparing  to  offer  sup 
plementary  prizes  which,  it  is  estimated,  will  bring 
the  total  up  to  at  least  $300,000.  A  chain  of  sup 
ply  and  control  stations  is  being  laid  out,  which 
will  encircle  the  globe.  Any  motor  driven  aircraft 
may  be  entered  in  the  race.  It  is  expected  that 
there  will  be  found  among  the  contestants  represen 
tatives  of  all  civilized  nations.  The  race  will  be  held 

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under  the  supervision  of  the  Federation  Aeronauti- 
que  Internationale,  which  has  a  recognized  sporting 
jurisdiction  over  all  aeronautical  activities.  The 
scientific  phase  of  the  flight  will  be  under  the  super 
vision  of  an  International  Commission  to  be  ap 
pointed  by  the  heads  of  the  various  governments 
traversed  by  the  flight  and  will  form  the  basis  of 
discussion  for  the  World's  International  Aeronauti 
cal  Congress,  now  in  process  of  organization.  This 
Congress  will  bring  together,  during  the  Exposition, 
the  foremost  scientific  aeronautical  experts  of  the 
world. 

SPORTS    AND    ATHLETICS: 

A  series  of  state,  coast,  national  and  interna 
tional  events  covering  the  whole  range  of  sports 
and  athletics  will  extend  throughout  the  Exposition 
period.  The  Modern  Pentathlon  will  be  contested 
from  August  24th  to  28th,  inclusive,  and  the  Inter 
national  Olympic  Committee  has  awarded  to  the 
Exposition  the  Olympic  Medal  for  this  international 
competition,  which  consists  of  the  following  events: 
Duel  shooting  at  25  metres,  swimming  300  metres 
free  style,  fencing,  riding  over  a  course  not  exceed 
ing  5000  metres,  cross-country  race  of  4000  metres. 
A  Marathon  race  will  be  run  with  entries  from  the 
best  known  long  distance  men  in  the  world.  The 
ten  events  of  the  Decathlon,  including  throwing  the 
javelin,  running,  putting  the  weight,  hurdling  and 
throwing  the  discus,  is  scheduled  for  August  17th 
and  18th,  1915. 

Every  championship  of  the  Amateur  Athletic 
Union,  the  national  governing  body  of  the  United 
States,  will  be  held  in  San  Francisco  under  the 
auspices  of  the  Exposition  in  1915.  All  the  cham 
pionships  of  the  Pacific  Athletic  Association  will  be 
held  in  San  Francisco  in  1915  as  will  the  champion 
ships  of  all  associations  west  of  the  Rocky  Moun 
tains.  Three  days  will  be  devoted  to  Irish  sports 
and  pastimes.  Swedish  gymnastics  and  athletics  will 
be  given  a  week  with  a  similar  period  for  exhibi 
tions  of  the  German  type.  Many  international 
competitions  are  planned  for  Army  Week  and  Navy 
Week.  The  Boy  Scouts  will  give  demonstrations  of 
their  work  during  Boy  Scout  Week.  Among  the 
sports  for  which  competitions  have  been  arranged 
are  archery,  bowling,  canoeing,  cricket,  golf,  hand 
ball,  field  hockey,  roque,  rowing,  skating,  basket 
ball,  wrestling,  swimming,  water  polo  (soccer),  fenc 
ing,  boxing,  cycling,  dumb  bell  and  weight  lifting, 
football,  baseball,  tennis,  lacrosse  and  running. 

Most  of  the  sports  and  athletic  contests  will  be 
given  in  the  Exposition  Stadium,  a  specially  pre 
pared  field  on  the  Exposition  grounds.  The  track 
is  a  third  of  a  mile  oval  with  a  quarter  mile 
straightaway  for  special  races.  The  grandstand  at 
the  Stadium,  facing  San  Francisco  Bay  and  with 
an  outlook  on  the  Golden  Gate,  will  seat  20,000 
people. 

Among  the  national  and  international  sporting 
and  athletic  events  already  scheduled  are  the  fol 
lowing: 

February  22nd — A.  A.  U.  Basketball  Champion 
ship. 

March  26th  and  27th — A.  A.  U.  Gymnastic  Cham 
pionships. 

April  16th  and  17th— A.  A.  U.  Wrestling  Cham 
pionships. 

April  26th  to  30th — Panama-Pacific  International 
Exposition  Fencing  Championships. 

May  5th  to  8th — Panama-Pacific  International  Ex 
position  Boxing  Championships. 

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July  19th  to  24th — A.  A.  U.  Swimming  Cham 
pionships. 

July  19th  to  24th — A.  A.  U.  Water  Polo  (soccer) 
Championships. 

August  2nd  to  4th — Panama-Pacific  International 
Exposition  Cycling  Championships. 

August  5th — All  Around  Championships,  open  to 
the  world's  amateurs. 

August  5th  and  6th — International  Dumb  Bell 
and  Weight  Lifting  Contests. 

August  6th — Junior  Track  and  Field  Champion 
ships. 

August  7th — Senior  Track  and  Field  Champion 
ships. 

August   9th   and   10th — National   Relay   Racing. 

August  12th — Ten  Mile  Run;  Seven  Mile  Walk; 
International  Tug-of-War  (Olympic  Rules). 

August  13th  and  14th — Panama-Pacific  Interna 
tional  Exposition  Intercollegiate  Championships. 

September   6th— Pentathlon    (five   events). 

September  13th  to  18th — U.  S.  Football  Associa 
tion  Soccer  Championships. 

During  September — International  Tennis  Cham 
pionships. 

October  4th  to  9th — Panama-Pacific  International 
Exposition  Lacrosse  Championships. 

THE  ZONE: 

The  Exposition  will  amuse  as  well  as  instruct. 
The  main  avenue  in  the  amusement  section  of  the 
Exposition  will  be  known  as  "The  Zone."  Here 
you  will  see  the  novel,  the  grotesque,  the  hilarious. 
Here  will  be  shown  all  that  ingenuity,  skill  or  dar 
ing  can  accomplish.  The  Zone  will  be  3000  feet 
in  length  and  will  run  through  the  centre  of  the 
concessions  district,  sixty-five  acres  in  area.  The 
district,  on  the  eastern  edge  of  the  Exposition  site, 
at  the  foot  of  Van  Ness  Avenue,  will  be  open  from 
9:30  A.  M.  until  11  o'clock  P.  M. 

More  than  7000  applications  for  concessions  have 
already  been  received,  while  but  100  have  been  ac 
cepted.  These  100  represent  an  investment  of  ap 
proximately  $8,000,000.  More  than  7000  people  will 
be  employed  in  the  concessions  district,  while  the 
total  investment  in  the  amusements  to  be  offered 
visitors  in  1915  will  exceed  twelve  millions  of  dol 
lars.  Among  a  few  of  the  important  concessions 
already  accepted  are  "The  Grand  Canyon,"  a  splen 
did  spectacle  to  be  presented  by  the  Santa  Fe  Rail 
way  ;  ' '  The  Panama  Canal,  "a  working  model  of 
the  great  canal  at  Panama;  a  reproduction  of  naval 
submarines  under  water;  Frederic  Thompson's  "Toy- 
land"  (Grown  Up);  the  evolution  of  the  dread- 
naught,  showing  the  development  of  fighting  craft 
from  the  early  galleys  to  the  modern  dreadnaught; 
"Creation,"  based  on  the  first  chapter  of  Genesis; 
a  reproduction  of  the  world-famous  city  of  Nurem 
berg;  an  Ice  Palace  in  which  International  skating 
and  hockey  matches  will  be  held;  an  "Oriental  Vil 
lage";  "Forty-nine  Camp,"  depicting  the  early  life 
of  California;  "Cyclorama  Battle  of  Gettysburg"; 
"Mohammed's  Mountain";  the  "Aeroscope";  a 
great  Chinese  City;  a  reproduction  of  the  famous 
"Yellowstone  Park"  by  the  Union  Pacific  Railway 
System;  "Infant  Incubators,"  demonstrating  the 
preservation  of  the  lives  of  premature  and  weakly 
born  infants;  "The  Dayton  Flood,"  showing  the 
city  before,  during  and  after  the  disaster,  etc.,  etc. 
The  Exposition  Street  of  Amusements  will  be  a  liv 
ing  color  page  of  the  world  with  attractions  draws 
from  the  ends  of  the  earth. 

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PARTICIPATION: 

The  following  foreign  countries  have  at  this  date 
(June  1,  1914)  accepted  the  nation's  invitation  to 

participate  in  the  Exposition: 

Argentine  Italy 

Austria  Japan 

Australia  Liberia 

Bolivia  Mexico 

Brazil  New    Zealand 

Canada  Nicaragua 

Chili  Panama 

China  Paraguay 

Costa    Rica  Persia. 

Cuba  Peru 

Denmark  Portugal 

Dominican  Republic        Salvador 

Ecuador  Siam 

France  Sweden 

Greece  Switzerland 

Guatemala  Turkey 

Hayti  Uruguay 

Holland  Venezuela 

Honduras 

The    following    states,    territories    and    possessions 

have   either   made  provision   for  participation  in  the 

Exposition    or    are  now    actively    engaged    in    doing 
so.     It  is   expected   that   the   other   states   will   give 

some  consideration  to  the  matter  in  the  near  future. 

Alaska  Nebraska 

Arizona  Nevada 

Arkansas  New    Jersey 

Colorado  New    York 

Delaware  North    Carolina 

Florida  North    Dakota 

Georgia  Ohio 

Hawaii  Oklahoma 

Idaho  Oregon 

Illinois  Pennsylvania 

Indiana  Philippines 

Iowa  Rhode   Island 

Kansas  South    Carolina 

Kentucky  Tennessee 

Louisiana  Texas 

Maryland  Utah 

Massachusetts  Virginia 

Michigan  Washington 

Minnesota  West    Virginia 

Mississippi  Wisconsin 

Missouri  Wyoming 
Montana 

A  total  of  seven  and  one-half  million  dollars  has 
been  raised  for  Exposition  purposes  by  popular  sub 
scription  in  San  Francisco  alone.  In  addition  to 
that  the  city  has  authorized  a  five-million-dollar 
bond  issue,  while  the  State  of  California  has  taxed 
itself  to  the  amount  of  another  five  millions  of  dol 
lars.  Practically  every  county  in  California  has 
levied  a  six  cent  Exposition  tax  to  provide  funds 
for  building  and  exhibits.  San  Francisco  and  Cali 
fornia  will  invest  fully  twenty  millions  of  dollars 
in  the  Exposition  before  the  gates  open  on  February 
20,  1915. 

LUNCHES   AND   MEALS: 

A  chain  of  lunch  counters,  restaurants  and  cafes 
will  provide  visitors  to  any  part  of  the  grounds 
with  meals  at  reasonable  rates.  Anything  may  be 
secured  from  a  10-cent  sandwich  to  a  course  din 
ner.  A  Submarine  Restaurant  will  be  one  of  the 
novelties.  Through  plate  glass  walls  real  water  may 

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be  seen  overhead  and  on  the  four  sides  with  fish  of 
many  varieties,  with  divers  at  work,  etc.  This 
concession  will  make  a  specialty  of  serving  fish  and 
other  sea  foods.  One  of  the  quaintest  of  the  con 
cessions  will  be  a  reproduction  of  the  old  market 
place  of  Nuremberg  to  be  reproduced  on  the  Expo 
sition  grounds  at  a  cost  of  $225,000.  The  banquet 
halls,  folk  dance  halls,  restaurants,  cafe  and  con 
cert  garden  will  be  reproduced  as  they  existed  five 
centuries  ago.  Here  refreshments  will  be  served 
by  employes  dressed  in  the  native  costumes  of  the 
fifteenth  century. 

One  of  the  most  attractive  hostelries  upon  the 
grounds  will  be  the  "Old  Faithful  Inn,"  a  reproduc 
tion  of  the  famous  Inn  in  Yellowstone  Park,  to  be 
located  in  the  Yellowstone  Park  concession,  which 
will  be  presented  by  the  Union  Pacific  System  at 
an  approximate  outlay  of  $350,000.  Arrangements 
have  been  made  by  the  Union  Pacific  System  to 
secure  the  services  of  the  official  Exposition  Orchestra 
for  afternoon  and  evening  concerts.  The  Inn  will  be 
provided  with  elaborate  dining  rooms,  as  well  as  ban 
quet  rooms,  where  visiting  delegates  to  conventions 
may  assemble.  The  surroundings  of  the  Inn  will 
be  especially  attractive;  among  other  features  of  the 
Yellowstone  Park  concession  will  be  reproductions 
of  "Nature's  Paint  Pot,"  a  geyser  with  waters  of 
varied  and  brilliant  hues;  "The  Aerial  Gardens"; 
"Ocean  Pond";  Boiling  Eivers;  "Geyser  Land" 
and  many  others.  These  are  but  instances  of  many 
similar  concessions. 

REGARDING    MENUS: 

Rates  for  lunches  and  meals  served  on  the  Expo 
sition  grounds  will  be  reasonable.  Each  conces 
sionaire  will  be  under  contract  with  the  Exposition 
to  provide  everything  on  all  bills  of  fare  at  agreed 
prices.  The  restaurants  and  cafes  on  the  grounds 
will  cater  to  all  tastes  and  will  range  from  res 
taurants  providing  simple,  inexpensive  meals  to  high 
class  cafes  that  will  rank  with  the  best  in  San 
Francisco,  Chicago  or  New  York.  Two  of  the  res 
taurants  will  provide  meals  at  50  cents  each;  other 
restaurants  will  serve  meals  a  la  carte.  The  fol 
lowing  selected  from  the  contract  with  one  of  the 
concessionaires  are  typical  rates  for  the  moderate 
priced  restaurants: 

Soups: 

Consomme $0.10 

Rice    Tomato     .15 

Salads: 

Potato    10 

Celery     15 

Crab      25 

Fish  and  Meat: 

Fillet  of  Sole    20 

Broiled  Salmon   30 

Roast  Beef    35 

Vegetables: 

Potatoes .     .05    , 

Green  Peas    10 

Asparagus     25 

Dessert,  Coffee,  etc.: 

Pies     10 

Fresh   Fruits    10 

Grape  Fruit   15 

Ice  Cream  and  Cake 15 

Coffee    05 

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ABOUT   SAN   FRANCISCO: 

Days  can  profitably  be  spent  in  San  Francisco  in 
visiting  points  of  interest  in  the  reconstructed  city. 
In  April,  1906,  after  three  days  of  burning,  San 
Francisco  was  a  city  in  ruins,  with  its  population 
scattered  to  the  four  winds;  today  it  is  the  newest 
city  on  earth,  with  a  population  of  416,912  accord 
ing  to  the  United  States  Census  of  1910,  with  mag 
nificent  hotels,  public  buildings,  business  blocks  and 
homes.  Since  April,  1906,  the  day  of  the  Great  Fire, 
more  than  45,000  buildings  have  been  erected  in  the 
New  San  Francisco,  at  a  cost  of  about  $300,000,000. 
History  records  no  such  complete  destruction,  re 
placement  and  betterment  of  a  great  city  in  so  short 
a  time.  No  better  instance  of  the  spirit  of  the  New 
San  Francisco  can  be  shown  than  the  fact  that  its 
citizens  recently  raised  more  than  five  millions  of 
dollars  in  less  than  two  hours  in  support  of  the  Ex 
position.  The  total  bank  clearings  for  the  past  year 
amounted  to  the  enormous  total  of  $2,427,075,543.00. 

SEEING  SAN  FRANCISCO: 

A  study  of  reconstructed  San  Francisco,  with  its 
Golden  Gate,  its  splendid  harbor,  ocean  frontage, 
wharves  and  shipping,  parks,  markets,  military 
reservations,  old  Mission,  public  buildings,  unique 
Chinatown,  historic  points  and  near-by  resorts  will 
well  repay  all  visiting  the  Exposition  in  1915.  The 
best  way  to  make  a  comprehensive  study  of  the  city 
is  by  "Seeing  San  Francisco"  personally  conducted 
trips  by  street  car,  tally-ho  or  automobile,  at  cost 
ranging  from  75  cents  to  $1.00  per  person. 

The  "Seeing  San  Francisco"  cars  leave  the  Ferry 
Building  at  10:00  a.  m.  and  2:00  p.  m.,  daily,  making 
the  complete  trip  in  three  hours.  A  stop  will  be 
made  at  the  Cliff  House  to  view  the  Seal  Rocks,  the 
beaches  and  the  Golden  Gate.  Fare  for  the  round 
trip,  75  cents. 

A  two  and  one-half  hours'  automobile  trip,  leaving 
at  10:00  a.  m.  and  2:00  p.  m.,  gives  one  a  splendid 
idea  of  the  city,  park  and  beach.  Fare  for  round 
trip,  $1.00. 

A  most  interesting  trip  is  that  through  Chinatown, 
visiting  the  joss  houses,  the  Chinese  theaters,  bazaars, 
curio  stores,  restaurants,  markets,  etc. 

NEAR    SAN    FRANCISCO: 

With  San  Francisco  as  the  center  a  week  or  more 
can  be  well  spent  and  at  small  cost  in  visiting  the 
cities  of  Oakland,  Alameda  and  Berkeley,  a  twenty- 
minute  ride  across  the  Bay,  and  such  near-by  points 
of  interest  as  Stanford  University,  the  University  of 
California  at  Berkeley,  the  Mare  Island  Navy-yard, 
Mill  Valley,  Mount  Tamalpais,  the  Muir  Redwoods, 
Piedmont  Springs,  etc.  The  following  are  a  few  of 
the  points  of  interest  that  can  be  reached  from  San 
Francisco,  with  the  round-trip  fare  in  each  case: 

University  of  California  at  Berkeley .  .  .  $0.20 

Sausalito,  by  steamer 25 

Mill   Valley    40 

San  Rafael    50 

Steamer  trip  around  San  Francisco  Bay.    1.00 
Mare   Island    (the   United   States   Navy- 
yard),    by    steamer    1.00 

The  ' '  Portola  Discovery  Trip ' '  on  the 
Ocean  Shore  Railroad,  leaving  San 
Francisco  at  10:00  a.  m.  and  return 
ing  at  5:15  p.  m 1.00 

Palo  Alto  for  Stanford  University,  Sun 
day  excursion,  $1.05;  two-day  excur 
sion  1.30 

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Redwood  Canyon,  on  the  Oakland,  An- 
tioch  and  Eastern  Railway.  Round 
trip  from  San  Francisco,  week  days, 
$0.80;  Saturdays  and  Sundays $0.55 

Trip  to  the  base  of  Mount  Diablo  by 
ferry  and  electric  railway.  Round  trip 
from  San  Francisco,  week  days  $2.10; 
Saturdays  and  Sundays  1.40 

Mount  Tamalpais,  over  "the  crookedest 
railroad  in  the  world, ' '  and  where  a 
magnificent  view  of  the  Pacific  Ocean, 
of  San  Francisco  Bay  with  its  sur 
rounding  hills  and  mountains  and  of 
twenty-five  cities  can  be  had 1.90 

The  Muir  Woods  via  Mount  Tamalpais 
Railway  (a  grove  of  virgin  redwoods, 
some  nearly  three  hundred  feet  high 
and  within  two  hours'  ride  from  San 
Francisco)  1.90 

The  Mount  Tamalpais  and  Muir  Woods 
trips  can  be  combined  in  a  day's  out 
ing  for  a  round-trip  fare  of 2.90 

The  "Key-Trolley  Trip,"  leaving  San  Francisco 
at  10:00  a.  m.  and  1:00  p.  m.,  returning  at  4:50  p.  m., 
gives  one  sixty-eight  miles  of  sight-seeing,  visiting 
the  University  of  California,  the  Greek  Theater,  the 
cities  of  Berkeley,  Alameda  and  Oakland,  Piedmont 
Gardens  and  Springs  and  the  Ostrich  Farm.  Fare 
for  the  round  trip,  including  guide  and  admission 
to  attractions,  $1.00. 

AN  OUTING: 

"How  can  we  combine,  at  reasonable  cost,  an 
outing  on  the  Pacific  Coast  with  seeing  the  Exposi 
tion  and  with  attendance  at  our  1915  Convention?" 
is  the  constant  query.  After  Convention  Week  and 
visits  to  the  Exposition,  there  are  dozens  of  coast  and 
mountain  resorts  throughout  the  Pacific  Coast  that 
can  be  visited  with  pleasure  and  profit.  Among  the 
typical  regions  that  will  be  of  especial  interest  are 
points  in  the  Great  Central  Valley,  the  resorts 
among  the  redwoods  (both  north  and  south  of  San 
Francisco),  the  various  groves  of  Big  Trees,  the 
resorts  near  Mount  Shasta,  Lake  Tahoe,  Yosemite 
National  Park,  the  Kings  and  Kern  River  Canyons, 
the  many  coast  resorts  all  the  way  from  Alaska  to 
San  Diego,  Los  Angeles  and  near-by  resorts  and  the 
Great  Northwest.  The  spas  of  California  will  be 
found  equal  to  the  best  in  Europe.  An  idea  of  the 
cost  of  staying  a  week  in  each  of  these  typical  areas 
will  be  given.  Of  course  the  monthly  rate  would,  in 
all  cases,  be  less. 

A    DEFINITE    ESTIMATE: 

From  these  figures  any  one  can  easily  make  a 
definite  estimate  of  the  cost  of  a  visit  to  the  Expo 
sition  in  1915,  whether  a  week,  a  month  or  longer, 
be  spent.  To  estimate  the  total  cost  of  the  trip, 
each  person  should,  of  course,  add  the  cost  of  trans 
portation  and  of  Pullman  or  tourist  berth  to  San 
Francisco  and  return  to  the  other  items  of  expense 
(cost  of  living,  of  side  trips,  of  incidentals,  etc.). 
Transportation  expense  may  be  saved  by  stopping 
over  at  some  one  or  more  of  the  various  resorts 
passed  in  going  to  or  returning  from  San  Francisco. 

THE  GREAT  CENTRAL  VALLEY: 

Between  the  two  great  mountain  ranges  of  Cali 
fornia,  the  Sierra  Nevada  on  the  east  and  the  Coast 
Range  on  the  west,  lies  the  Great  Central  Valley, 
drained  by  the  San  Joaquin  and  the  Sacramento 
rivers.  This  valley  extends  from  the  Tehachapi 

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Mountains  on  the  south  to  Mount  Shasta  on  the 
north,  a  distance  of  about  450  miles.  With  nearly 
20,000  square  miles  of  comparatively  level  land,  this 
great  valley  is  both  the  granary  of  California  and 
one  of  the  great  fruit  and  stock  producing  regions 
of  the  world.  The  southern  portion  of  the  valley  is 
known  as  the  San  Joaquin  Valley,  while  the  northern 
part  is  called  the  Sacramento  Valley. 

Visitors  to  the  state  wishing  to  study  Agricultural 
California  should  by  all  means  visit  points  in  the 
Great  Valley.  Here  is  the  home  not  only  of  grains, 
alfalfa,  celery  and  asparagus,  but  of  the  fig,  the 
almond,  the  grape,  the  orange,  the  apricot,  the  olive 
and  other  tropical  and  subtropical  fruits. 

The  cities  of  Sacramento  and  Stockton  may  be 
reached  from  San  Francisco  by  both  rail  and 
steamer,  while  Bakersfield,  Visalia,  Fresno,  Merced, 
Marysville,  Oroville,  Chico  and  other  cities  may  be 
reached  by  rail. 

TRIPS  BY  RIVER: 

A  steamer  service  between  San  Francisco  and 
Stockton  or  Sacramento  gives  opportunity  for  see 
ing  San  Francisco  Bay  and  the  rich  peat  land  area 
of  the  San  Joaquin-Sacramento  delta.  The  steamers 
leave  San  Francisco  daily  at  6:00  p.  m.,  reaching 
Stockton,  105  miles  distant,  early  the  next  morning. 
Fare,  $1.00;  berth,  50  cents;  stateroom,  $1.00;  meals, 
50  cents.  Round-trip  tickets,  Saturday  to  Monday 
nights,  $1.35. 

A  daily  steamer  service,  Sundays  excepted,  by  the 
Netherlands  Route  of  the  Southern  Pacific,  gives  a 
delightful  ride  between  San  Francisco  and  Sacra 
mento,  the  capital  of  the  state,  a  distance  of  125 
miles.  The  steamer,  affording  a  daylight  trip,  leaves 
San  Francisco  at  8:00  a.  m.,  reaching  Sacramento  at 
6:00  p.  m.  Fare,  $1.50;  berth,  50  cents;  staterooms, 
$1.00;  meals,  50  cents.  Round-trip  tickets  on  desig 
nated  dates,  $2.00.  Tickets  over  the  Southern  Pa 
cific  between  San  Francisco  and  Sacramento  will  be 
honored  either  by  rail  or  on  the  Netherlands  Route. 

The  steamers  of  the  California  Transportation 
Company  leave  San  Francisco  at  3:00  p.  m.  and  6:30 
p.  m.  daily,  Sundays  excepted,  reaching  Sacramento 
at  6:00  a.  m.  the  following  morning.  Fare,  $1.50; 
berth,  50  cents;  staterooms,  $1.00  to  $3.00;  meals,  50 
cents.  Round-trip  tickets,  Saturday  to  Monday 
nights,  $2.00. 

AMONG  THE  REDWOODS: 

A  week  could  be  very  pleasantly  spent  among  the 
redwoods  at  numerous  hotels,  mineral  springs  or 
farm  resorts  on  the  line  of  the  Northwestern  Pacific 
Railroad,  north  of  San  Francisco.  On  this  line 
special  summer  rates  will  be  granted  in  1915.  A 
most  attractive  one-day  jaunt  over  this  line  is  the 
"Triangle  Trip,"  taking  one  through  150  miles  of 
mountain  and  redwood  forest  scenery,  with  a  boat 
ride  on  San  Francisco  Bay,  and  by  rail  along  the 
Russian  River.  Round-trip  rate  for  the  "Triangle 
Trip":  Sundays,  $2.20;  Fridays  and  Saturdays,  $2.50; 
other  week  days,  $2.80.  Hotel  accommodations  may 
be  secured  at  these  resorts  at  from  $8.00  to  $14.00 
per  week. 

CALAVERAS  BIG  TREES: 

A  most  'interesting  trip  is  that  to  the  Calaveras 
Big  Trees,  reached  by  rail  from  San  Francisco  via 
Stockton  to  Angels,  thence  by  stage  twenty-two  miles 
to  the  grove.  This  is  the  land  of  Bret  Harte  and 
Mark  Twain  and  of  the  placer  mining  of  the  days 
of  '49.  The  Sierra  Road  cuts  through  Table  Moun- 

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tain,  recalling  "Truthful  James"  and  the  "Society 
Upon  the  Stanislaus."  The  route  follows  the  famous 
Mother  Lode,  giving  an  opportunity  to  see  something 
of  deep  quartz  mining.  Among  other  trips  that  can 
be  taken  at  small  cost  are  those  to  Mercer's  Cave 
and  to  the  Natural  Bridge.  Other  side  trips  from 
this  region  are  those  to  Lake  Eleanor  and  the  Hetch 
Hetchy  Valley.  The  round-trip  fare  from  San  Fran 
cisco  to  the  Calaveras  Big  Trees  is  $14.60.  Hotel 
accommodations  from  $12.00  per  week  up. 

SHASTA  RESORTS: 

All  reaching  San  Francisco  or  returning  home  by 
the  Shasta  Route  of  the  Southern  Pacific,  will  find 
it  well  worth  their  while  to  stop  over  for  a  week  or 
more  at  any  one  of  the  resorts  near  Mount  Shasta. 
Excursions  to  Mount  Shasta  and  to  the  numerous 
mineral  springs,  trips  among  the  pines,  mountain 
climbing,  hunting  and  fishing  are  among  the  attrac 
tions  of  the  Shasta  region.  Hotel  accommodations 
from  $12.00  per  week  up. 

LAKE  TAHOE: 

During  the  open  season,  from  May  15  to  October 
15,  a  week,  or  the  entire  vacation,  for  that  matter, 
can  be  profitably  spent  at  the  Lake  Tahoe  resorts 
(elevation  6240  feet).  Lake  Tahoe  is  twenty-three 
miles  long  and  thirteen  miles  wide.  Those  going  to 
or  returning  from  San  Francisco  by  the  Ogden  Route 
of  the  Southern  Pacific  may  stop  over  at  Truckee 
and  visit  the  Tahoe  resorts  at  but  little  extra  ex 
pense  for  side-trip  transportation.  Stop-overs  at 
Truckee  will  be  allowed  on  all  through  railway  and 
Pullman  tickets.  A  round-trip  ticket  from  Truckee 
to  the  lake,  around  the  lake  by  steamer  "Tahoe"  and 
return  to  Truckee  will  cost  $6.00.  On  this  ticket 
stop-overs  will  also  be  allowed.  Among  Tahoe  amuse 
ments  are  trout  fishing  in  the  lake  and  numerous 
streams  found  roundabout,  bathing,  boating,  driving 
and  mountain  climbing.  Accommodations  may  be 
secured  at  the  Tahoe  resorts  at  from  $2.00  per  day  up. 

YOSEMITE  NATIONAL  PARK: 

Those  reaching  San  Francisco  via  the  San  Joaquin 
Valley  or  with  return  tickets  via  the  San  Joaquin 
Valley  lines,  can  arrange  to  reach  the  Yosemite 
National  Park  from  Merced  via  the  Yosemite  Valley 
Railway,  all  tickets  permitting  stop-over  privileges  at 
Merced.  From  Merced  the  round-trip  rate  to  the 
Park  is  $18.50.  For  those  not  routed  via  the  San 
Joaquin  Valley,  the  round-trip  rate  to  the  Yosemite 
National  Park  from  San  Francisco  will  be  $22.35  for 
those  traveling  on  day  trains,  with  $2.00  each  way 
added  for  Pullman  for  those  taking  the  night  train. 
Camp  accommodations  in  the  Park  can  be  secured  at 
from  $2.50  to  $3.00  per  day;  hotel  rates  from  $3.50 
to  $5.00  per  day.  Tents  for  private  camping  may  be 
rented  at  reasonable  rates.  Trained  saddle  horses 
may  be  hired  in  the  Park  at  from  $2.50  to  $4.00  per 
day.  Many  tourists  in  the  Park  take  the  trails  on 
foot,  thus  eliminating  the  expense  for  saddle  horses 
as  well  as  securing  the  enjoyment  of  mountain 
climbing.  Twenty-six  miles  from  the  Park  is  the 
Mariposa  Grove  of  Big  Trees.  This  Grove  can  be 
reached  by  stage,  the  round  trip  costing  $15.00.  From 
El  Portal,  the  terminus  of  the  Yosemite  Valley  Rail 
way,  the  Merced  Grove  of  Big  Trees  may  be  reached 
by  stage  at  an  expense  of  not  to  exceed  $7.50. 

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THE  CANYONS; 

A  pleasant  week  may  be  spent  in  the  Sequoia 
National  Park  east  of  Visalia,  or  in  the  neighboring 
canyons  of  the  Kings  and  Kern  rivers,  which,  with 
their  higher  surrounding  mountains,  offer  attractions 
only  equaled  by  the  Yosemite.  Those  going  to  San 
Francisco  or  returning  via  the  San  Joaquin  Valley 
may  stop  over  at  Visalia  or  Exeter.  The  round  trip 
from  there  to  Camp  Sierra  in  the  Giant  Forest, 
where  are  the  greatest  number  of  Big  Trees  in  the 
world,  is  about  $13.00,  including  electric  railway  and 
stage  ride.  In  the  Giant  Forest  are  more  than  3,000 
Big  Trees  over  300  feet  high,  with  many  thousands 
more  of  lesser  size.  The  round  trip  from  Visalia  or 
Exeter,  including  a  week's  accommodation  at  Camp 
Sierra,  transportation,  etc.,  would  be  about  $25.00. 
The  rate  at  Camp  Sierra  for  tent  and  board  is  $2.00 
per  day  or  $50.00  per  month. 

COAST  RESORTS: 

A  week  and  as  much  longer  as  one  wishes  to  re 
main,  could  be  delightfully  spent  at  Santa  Cruz,  Del 
Monte,  Pacific  Grove,  Paso  Robles  Hot  Springs  or 
El  Pizmo  Beach,  resorts  on  the  Coast  Line  of  the 
Southern  Pacific  between  San  Francisco  and  Los 
Angeles.  Among  the  attractions  at  either  Santa 
Cruz  or  Pacific  Grove  are  surf-bathing,  boating  and 
fishing.  Between  Pacific  Grove  and  Hotel  Del  Monte 
or  Monterey,  one  may  journey  by  street  car.  take 
the  famous  Seventeen-mile  Drive,  visit  Carmel  Mis 
sion,  etc.  Tickets  via  Ogden,  Salt  Lake  City,  Port 
land,  Deming,  El  Paso  or  Albuquergue  good  for 
passage  over  the  Southern  Pacific  Coast  Line  between 
San  Francisco  and  Los  Angeles,  will  be  honored  via 
Santa  Cruz  and  from  Castroville  to  Del  Monte,  Mon 
terey  or  Pacific  Grove  and  return,  without  extra 
charge.  On  these  tickets  stop-overs  will  be  allowed 
at  Palo  Alto  to  visit  Stanford  University  (one  mile 
from  Palo  Alto),  and  at  San  Jose  to  inspect  the 
orchards  of  the  Santa  Clara  Valley  or  to  visit  the 
Lick  Observatory  on  Mount  Hamilton,  4209  feet 
elevation,  (round  trip  by  stage,  $5.00).  Accommoda 
tions  may  be  secured  at  the  Coast  resorts  at  from 
$12.00  per  week  up. 

SANTA  CRUZ  BIG  TREES: 

The  Santa  Cruz  Grove  of  Big  Trees  is  on  the  line 
of  the  Southern  Pacific  railway,  seventy  miles  south 
of  San  Francisco  and  six  miles  north  of  Santa  Cruz. 
The  trees  in  this  grove  are  known  as  Sequoia  sem- 
pervirens  or  redwood.  The  "Giant,"  the  largest 
tree  in  the  grove,  is  sixty-four  feet  in  circumference 
and  308  feet  high.  The  grove  may  be  reached  from 
Santa  Cruz  by  automobile  or  tally-ho  or  via  the 
Southern  Pacific.  Nineteen  miles  from  Felton  and 
twelve  miles  from  Boulder  Creek,  stations  on  the 
line  of  the  Southern  Pacific,  is  California  Redwood 
Park,  a  state  park  of  3800  acres  of  natural  forest. 

THE  SANTA  CLARA  VALLEY: 

The  orchards  of  the  Santa  Clara  Valley,  reached 
by  the  Southern  Pacific  from  San  Francisco  or  Oak 
land,  may  be  toured  from  San  Jose  by  automobile  or 
tally-ho.  The  entire  western  section  of  the  valley 
may  be  seen  from  the  cars  of  the  Peninsular  Electric 
Railway.  A  forty-mile  ride  over  this  line  may  be 
made  between  San  Jose  and  Palo  Alto  for  90 
cents,  while  a  journey  over  the  entire  line,  returning 
to  starting  point,  may  be  taken  on  the  Blossom  Trol 
ley  Trips  by  cars  which  leave  San  Jose,  Los  Gatos 
and  Palo  Alto  every  day  between  9:30  and  10:30 
a.  m.,  for  $1.00.  From  Palo  Alto  cars  run  every 

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ten  minutes  to  Stanford  University.  Alum  Eock 
Canyon,  the  unique  city  park  of  San  Jose,  may  be 
reached  by  cars  leaving  the  center  of  the  city;  fare, 
10  cents  each  way. 

SANTA  BARBARA: 

A  week  in  Santa  Barbara  would  give  a  most  de 
lightful  rest.  A  visit  to  the  Old  Mission,  the  beach, 
the  many  drives  and  trails,  will  all  prove  of  the 
greatest  interest.  Hotel  accommodations  from  $12.00 
per  week  up. 

LOS  ANGELES  AND   SOUTHERN  CALIFORNIA: 

From  Los  Angeles  many  delightful  and  inexpensive 
trips  can  be  made  to  San  Diego  and  other  points  of 
interest  throughout  southern  California.  The  cost 
for  room  and  meals  in  Los  Angeles,  San  Diego,  Cata- 
lina,  Santa  Monica.  Long  Beach,  Redondo  and  other 
near-by  resorts  will  be  about  the  same  as  in  San 
Francisco.  The  following  are  a  few  of  the  points  of 
interest  that  may  be  reached  from  Los  Angeles,  with 
the  round- trip  rate  in  each  case: 

Pasadena  and  the  Ostrich  Farm $0.25 

Santa  Monica,  Redondo  Beach,  Long 
Beach,  Venice  or  San  Pedro 50 

"  Seeing  Los  Angeles"  by  auto  or 
observation  car  50 

Old  Mission  Trolley  Trip,  including 
Pasadena,  Baldwin's  Ranch,  Monro 
via,  San  Gabriel  Mission  and  Al- 
hambra  1.00 

Balloon  Route  Trolley  Trip,  traveling 
thirty-six  miles  along  the  ocean  shore, 
visiting  ten  beaches  and  eight  cities . .  1.00 

Triangle  Trolley  Trip,  visiting  Santa 
Ana,  Huntington  Beach,  Naples,  Long 
Beach,  Point  Firmin  and  San  Pedro .  .  1.00 

Mount  Lowe  Trolley  Trip,  through  Pasa 
dena  and  Rubio  Canyon,  Echo  Moun 
tain  and  Alpine  Tavern  2.50 

Santa  Catalina,  the  island  resort,  sixty- 
day  ticket,  $2.75;  ticket  Saturday  and 
Sunday  with  return  limit  on  Monday.  2.50 

The  "Kite-shaped  Track"  over  the 
Santa  Fe,  the  "Inside  Track"  over 
the  Southern  Pacific,  or  the  "Orange 
Belt  Trip"  over  the  Salt  Lake  Rail 
way  3.00 

THE  NORTHWEST: 

Those  reaching  San  Francisco  or  returning  home 
via  northern  routes  should  make  Portland,  Spokane, 
Seattle,  Victoria,  Vancouver  and  Prince  Rupert  cen 
ters  for  visiting  the  many  points  of  interest  through 
out  the  Great  Northwest.  The  cost  for  room  and 
meals  would  be  about  the  same  as  in  San  Francisco. 

Five  or  six  days  might  well  be  spent  in  Yellow 
stone  National  Park.  The  cost  for  such  a  trip,  de 
pending  on  the  time  taken  and  the  camp  or  hotel 
accommodations  secured,  would  range  approximately 
from  $40.00  to  $53.50,  that  sum  covering  stage  trans 
portation,  meals,  lodgings  and  guides. 

With  eighty  living  glaciers  and  some  250  mountain 
lakes,  Glacier  National  Park  in  northwestern  Mon 
tana  is  well  worth  a  visit.  At  the  hotels  and  chalet 
camps  in  the  Park,  accommodations  may  be  secured 
at  from  $3.00  to  $5.00  per  day,  American  plan. 

Many  fine  resorts  in  the  Rockies  and  Selkirks  in 
Alberta  and  British  Columbia  offer  the  tourist  and 
delegate  first-class  accommodations.  Hotels  are  main 
tained  by  the  Canadian  Pacific  Railway  at  the 

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Canadian  National  Park,  Banff  (Alberta),  Lake 
Louise  (Alberta),  Emerald  Lake,  near  Field,  B.  C., 
at  Glacier,  B.  C.,  in  the  heart  of  the  Selkirks  and 
at  Kootenay  Lake,  Balfour,  B.  C.  Rates  from  $3.50 
per  day  up,  American  plan. 

On  the  Grand  Trunk  Pacific  Railway,  only  recently 
completed,  the  traveler  enters  the  Rockies  through 
the  Yellowhead  Pass  where  the  highest  mountains  in 
Canada  are  viewed  at  close  range.  From  this  point 
westward  he  is  rewarded  with  seven  hundred  miles  of 
mountain  scenery  to  Prince  Rupert  on  the  Pacific. 

FEATHER  RIVER  CANYON: 

Those  reaching  San  Francisco  and  the  Exposition 
over  the  Western  Pacific  Railway  will  have  an  oppor 
tunity  of  seeing  the  rock-walled  canyons  of  the 
Feather  River.  In  the  Sierras  along  this  line  are 
many  resorts  with  near-by  streams  well  stocked  with 
trout.  Hotel  accommodations  from  $10.00  per  week  up. 

GRAND  CANYON: 

Those  routed  via  the  Santa  Fe  route  will  enjoy 
a  week  at  the  Grand  Canyon  of  Arizona.  Here 
travelers  may  take  trail  trips,  ride  in  coaches  along 
the  rim  and  camp  out  below  in  the  canyon's  depths. 
The  round-trip  rate  by  rail  from  Williams  on  the 
Santa  Fe  to  the  Canyon  is  $7.50.  At  Bright  Angel 
Camp  rooms  may  be  secured  at  $1.00  per  day,  with 
meals  at  the  Harvey  Cafe  at  reasonable  rates.  The 
rate  at  the  El  Tovar  Hotel  is  from  $4.00  per  day  up. 
Other  points  of  interest  on  the  line  of  the  Santa  Fe 
are  the  Cliff  Dwellings,  the  Indian  Pueblos,  the 
Petrified  Forest  and  Old  Santa  Fe. 

HAWAII: 

For  those  who  can  spare  the  time,  one  of  the  most 
delightful  trips  from  San  Francisco  is  to  Hawaii. 
The  first-class  fare  for  the  round  trip  is  $110,  and 
it  can  be  made  in  seventeen  days,  giving  five  days 
on  the  islands.  The  tickets  are  good  for  six 
months,  and  the  full  time  could  be  en  joy  ably  spent 
in  visiting  the  numerous  points  of  interest,  bathing 
in  the  surf  and  resting  in  the  tropical  gardens. 
Steamers  run  from  Honolulu  to  other  islands.  The 
cost  of  living  and  transportation  will  be  about  the 
same  as  for  equal  distances  and  time  in  California. 
The  trip  from  Honolulu  to  Mount  Kilauea,  one  of  the 
largest  active  volcanoes  in  the  world,  and  return 
costs  $30.  It  can  be  made  in  two  and  one-half  days. 

ALASKA: 

Those  who  wish  to  combine  a  steamer  trip  with 
scenery  of  marvelous  grandeur  should  arrange  for  a 
trip  to  Alaska.  Either  San  Francisco,  Seattle,  Van 
couver,  Victoria  or  Prince  Rupert  may  be  taken  for 
the  starting  point.  From  San  Francisco  one  may  go 
by  rail  or  water  to  Seattle,  Vancouver  or  Victoria, 
changing  at  either  port  to  Alaska  steamer.  Various 
summer  excursions  taking  from  ten  to  fourteen  days 
from  these  northern  ports  are  available  to  points  in 
Alaska  at  a  cost  of  from  $44.00  to  $100.00  for  the 
round  trip.  Berth  and  meals  are  included  in  price 
of  steamer  ticket. 

Among  the  interesting  points  that  can  be  reached 
on  these  excursions  are  Victoria,  Vancouver,  Queen 
Charlotte  Islands,  Ketchikan,  Wrangell,  Juneau, 
Skagway,  Sitka,  Old  Kassan  Indian  Totem  Pole  Vil 
lage,  Cordova,  Valdez,  Seward,  etc.  Among  the 
glaciers  that  may  be  seen  are  the  following:  Taku, 
Windom,  Davidson,  Muir,  Child's  and  Miles'.  The 
two  last  named  are  reached  by  a  fifty-mile  trip  from 
Cordova  over  the  Copper  River  &  Northwestern  Rail- 

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road.  For  hundreds  of  miles  the  steamers  pass 
through  the  quiet  waters  of  the  "Inside  Passage" 
in  sight  of  the  mainland  and  of  a  constant  succes 
sion  of  islands. 

During  the  summer  months  steamers  ply  between 
Seattle  and  Nome,  taking  twenty  days  for  the  round 
trip.  Fare  for  the  round  trip,  $100.00,  if  one  re 
turns  on  the  same  steamship,  or  $125.00  if  return  is 
made  on  some  other  steamship.  Besides  the  scenic 
attractions  of  Alaska,  its  agriculture,  mines  and 
fisheries  are  well  worth  a  careful  study. 

ACTUAL  EXPERIENCES: 

The  figures  given  are  based  on  the  actual  expenses 
of  those  who  have  taken  their  outings  at  the  various 
resorts  mentioned.  These  figures  may  be  consider 
ably  lessened  and  the  trip  still  be  highly  enjoyable, 
by  taking  one's  own  tent  and  camp  equipment  or  by 
renting  furnished  tents  or  cottages  at  various  resorts. 

LIGHT  HOUSEKEEPING: 

At  such  resorts  as  Coronado  Tent  City  (San  Diego), 
Catalina,  Santa  Cruz  Tent  City,  Pacific  Grove, 
Shasta  Retreat,  etc.,  furnished  tents  may  be  rented 
for  light  housekeeping.  In  delicacy  stores  found  at 
such  resorts,  hot  soups,  meats,  salads,  etc.,  may  be 
secured  during  certain  hours,  while  arrangements 
may  always  be  made  for  occasional  or  regular  meals 
at  the  hotels.  If  camping  facilities  are  utilized  in 
this  way  (as  is  done  by  hundreds  each  year),  a 
party  of  four  or  more  can  easily  spend  six  weeks 
in  California  at  from  $30.00  to  $50.00  each. 

FESTIVALS: 

Nearly  every  community  in  the  West  has  some 
distinctive  celebration  at  varying  intervals.  An 
organization  has  been  formed  to  plan  these  festivals 
so  that  they  may  provide  an  almost  continuous  round 
of  pleasure,  from  Pasadena's  Tournament  of  Roses 
on  New  Year's  Day,  to  San  Francisco's  unique  fare 
well  to  the  Old  Year  and  Welcome  to  the  New. 
Some  will  be  historical,  like  Cabrillo  Day  in  San 
Diego  and  the  Portola  in  San  Francisco;  others  will 
celebrate  distinctive  local  features,  like  the  Rose 
Festival  in  Portland,  Raisin  Day  in  Fresno  and  the 
Fruit  Blossom  Festival  in  Santa  Clara  and  Alameda 
counties,  while  others  will  be  of  a  general  nature, 
but  of  great  variety,  such  as  La  Fiesta  de  los  Flores 
in  Los  Angeles,  the  Golden  Potlatch  in  Seattle,  the 
Dominion  Horse  Show  in  Vancouver  and  the  Mid- 
Pacific  Carnival  in  Honolulu.  In  1915  these  many 
festivals  will  provide  a  series  of  spectacles  that  will 
be  of  unusual  interest  to  all  attending  the  Exposition. 

AUTOMOBILING: 

From  San  Francisco  as  a  center  the  motorist  in 
1915  may  reach  all  parts  of  the  Coast  over  smooth, 
well-constructed  state  and  county  highways.  The 
people  of  California  have  voted  eighteen  million  dol 
lars  to  build  two  highways  from  north  to  south,  one 
through  the  great  interior  valley,  the  other  along  the 
coast.  Much  of  the  work  has  already  been  done 
and  the  remainder,  it  is  hoped,  will  be  completed  by 
1915.  By  order  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Interior,  the 
ban  against  entering  Yosemite  Valley  with  auto 
mobiles  has  been  removed.  The  automobile  interests 
of  the  country  are  agitating  the  construction  of  a 
transcontinental  highway  from  the  Atlantic  to  the 
Pacific.  At  the  time  this  book  goes  to  press  the 
success  of  this  project  seems  assured  and  the  motor 
ist  in  1915  will  find  a  concrete  road  across  the 
country,  the  western  end  of  which  touches  San 
Francisco. 

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The  Exposition,  with  the  assistance  of  the  auto 
mobile  clubs,  is  marking  all  the  good  roads  leading 
into  this  highway  with  blue-and-white  embossed  steel 
signs,  so  that  the  tourist  from  any  part  of  the 
country,  by  following  these  signs,  will  be  directed 
into  the  transcontinental  road  by  the  quickest  and 
easiest  route. 

HUNTING   AND    FISHING: 

California  has  long  been  known  as  a  paradise  for 
disciples  of  Nimrod  and  Sir  Isaak  Walton.  Its  for 
ested  mountains  are  the  haunts  of  deer,  bear,  Cali 
fornia  lion,  grouse,  quail  and  other  game,  and  its 
streams  are  full  of  fish.  Lake  and  brook  trout  are 
abundant  in  the  mountain  streams,  and  bass,  salmon 
and  shad  are  the  favorites  in  the  valley.  Along  the 
coast  there  is  an  infinite  variety  of  sport,  from  cast 
ing  with  ordinary  rod  and  line  to  heroic  struggles 
with  gigantic  tuna.  Millions  of  wild  geese  swarm 
the  fields  in  the  interior  in  fall  and  spring,  and  the 
marshes  and  sheltered  streams  of  the  Great  Valley 
are  hunting  grounds  for  wild  ducks.  For  those  who 
prefer  to  hunt  with  the  camera,  a  trip  to  the 
Yosemite  National  Park,  where  the  use  of  firearms 
is  forbidden,  and  where  deer  may  often  be  surprised, 
affords  rare  sport.  Good  hunting  or  fishing  grounds 
in  the  mountains  may  be  reached  by  rail,  from  San 
Francisco,  with  short  trips  by  stage  or  on  foot  into 
the  wilds. 

CLIMATE: 

San  Francisco  offers  a  cool  coast  summer  climate 
with  no  rain ;  a  winter  climate  without  snow,  ice 
or  blizzard.  The  following  are  a  few  facts  gleaned 
from  Bulletin  44,  "The  Climate  of  San  Francisco," 
prepared  by  Professor  A.  G.  McAdie  of  the  United 
States  Weather  Bureau,  and  published  by  the  United 
States  Department  of  Agriculture: 

The  annual  mean  temperature  of  San  Francisco  is 
56  degrees  Fahrenheit.  September  is  the  warmest, 
and  January  the  coldest  month.  The  mean  tempera 
ture  of  September  is  59.1  degrees,  and  of  January 
49.2.  In  the  last  twenty  years  there  have  been  only 
twenty-seven  days  during  which  the  temperature 
exceeded  ninety  degrees,  and  in  the  same  period  it 
has  not  fallen  below  32  degrees,  the  freezing  point. 
The  differences  between  day  and  night  temperatures 
are  small.  The  warmest  hour,  2  p.  m.,  has  a  mean 
temperature  of  59.2,  and  the  coolest  hour,  6  a.  m., 
has  a  mean  temperature  of  50.9  degrees. 

The  following  shows  the  average  number  of  rainy 
days  during  the  months  of  the  Exposition  period, 
the  data  being  taken  from  the  official  records  cover 
ing  sixty-two  years:  March,  11  rainy  days;  April,  6; 
May,  4;  June,  1;  July,  0;  August,  0;  September,  2; 
October,  4;  November,  7.  Delegates  should  bring 
overcoats  and  wraps.  From  April  to  November 
umbrellas  may  safely  be  left  at  home. 

EXPOSITION   CLUBS: 

Various  local  and  national  organizations  have 
worked  out  plans  for  raising  funds  through  weekly 
payments,  so  that  contributing  members  will  have 
sufficient  moneys  for  a  trip  to  San  Francisco  in  1915. 
These  weekly  payments  are  placed  in  local  banks 
and  allowed  to  accumulate  until  the  Exposition 
period.  Under  this  plan,  for  instance,  a  saving  of 
$2.50  each  week  during  the  next  year  would 
provide  ample  funds  for  a  trip  from  Chicago  to  San 
Francisco  to  see  the  Exposition  in  1915  and  to  visit 
points  of  interest  en  route  and  selected  points 
throughout  the  Pacific  Coast. 

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BUREAU   OF   CONVENTIONS   AND    SOCIETIES: 

The  Exposition  has  organized  a  "Bureau  of  Con 
ventions  and  Societies"  to  have  charge  of  all 
arrangements  for  Conventions  and  Congresses  to 
meet  in  San  Francisco  in  1915.  This  work  will  be 
under  the  following  general  heads: 

1.  National  and  International  gatherings  held 
under  the  auspices  of  particular  societies;  2.  Learned 
Societies;  3.  Conventions;  4.  Information  as  to  hotels, 
transportation  routes  and  rates,  as  well  as  places 
of  interest  throughout  the  Pacific  Coast.  The  Bureau 
will  furnish  full  and  accurate  information  regard 
ing  hotel  rates  and  facilities,  halls,  transportation 
routes  and  rates,  and  such  other  information  as  may 
be  desired  by  organizations  planning  to  meet  in  San 
Francisco  in  1915. 

THE    "GROUPING"    PLAN: 

With  the  hearty  co-operation  of  the  societies  in 
terested,  the  Bureau  of  Conventions  and  Societies  is 
grouping  organizations  with  related  interests  so  that 
all  such  Congresses  and  Conventions  may  meet  in 
or  near  San  Francisco  in  1915,  within  a  period  ex 
tending  over  from  one  to  three  weeks.  Among  the 
periods  already  tentatively  or  finally  established  are 
those  concerned  with  education,  science,  history, 
economics,  genealogy,  social  service,  engineering, 
press,  insurance,  dentistry,  medicine  and  hygiene, 
city  planning,  gas,  agriculture,  etc.,  etc.,  etc.  In 
some  cases  these  related  organizations  will  unite  dur 
ing  the  week  following  their  meetings  in  a  great 
Congress  or  Conference. 

ADVANCE    SURVEY   OF   EXHIBITS: 

A  recognized  weakness  at  most  expositions  held  in 
the  past  has  been  that  members  of  Congresses  and 
Conferences  have  received  no  advance  information 
in  definite,  organized  form,  concerning  the  exhibits 
illustrating  their  respective  lines  of  interest.  At  the 
suggestion  of  the  Bureau  of  Conventions  and  Socie 
ties  many  educational,  scientific  and  technical  Con 
gresses  and  Conferences  meeting  in  San  Francisco 
in  1915  will  have  committees  of  members,  in  all  cases 
recognized  experts,  make  a  survey  of  the  exhibits 
shortly  after  the  Exposition  opens  in  February, 
1915.  This  survey,  listing  exhibits  in  which  their 
members  will  be  especially  interested,  will  be  issued 
as  a  printed  outline  by ;  these  Associations,  and  mailed 
to  their  members  from  two  to  four  months  in  ad 
vance  of  the  dates  selected  for  such  Congresses  and 
Conferences.  These  outlines  will  be  illustrated  with 
maps  showing  how  the  various  Exposition  entrances 
may  be  conveniently  reached  from  the  hotel  district 
and  how  the  exhibits  listed  may  be  located  on  the 
grounds  and  in  the  various  exhibit  palaces.  In 
many  instances  papers  presented  before  various 
associations  will  be  based  in  part  on  exhibits.  Under 
this  plan  the  Exposition  is  regarded  as  a  working 
laboratory  in  its  relation  to  Congresses  and  Con 
ferences.  In  this  way  it  is  hoped  that  the  Exposi 
tion,  both  through  Congresses  and  exhibits,  may 
have  a  definite  message  to  all  lines  of  educational, 
scientific  and  industrial  thought. 

SPECIAL  DAYS: 

In  many  cases  special  days  will  be  observed 
with  appropriate  exercises  on  the  Exposition  grounds 
by  organizations  holding  their  1915  meetings  in  San 
Francisco.  Among  the  special  days  already  scheduled 
are  the  following: 

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April  18th — Insurance    Day. 

May  5th— B'nai  B'rith  Day. 

July  21st — American  Forestry  Association  Day. 

July  21st — American  Historical  Association  Day. 

August  17th — Scottish  Day. 

August  21st — Collegiate   Alumnae   Day. 

August  26th — Supreme   Court  Foresters  of  America 

Day. 

September  4th — Alpha  Delta  Phi  Day. 
September  9th — California  Day. 

A   SUMMARY    (June   1,   1914): 

Practically  all  of  the  national  and  international 
organizations  of  the  world  have  been  invited  to  hold 
regular  or  special  meetings,  or  to  send  delegations 
to  San  Francisco  to  participate  in  the  activities  of 
the  Exposition.  The  following  brief  summary  will 
give  an  idea  of  the  character  of  the  Congresses,  Con 
ferences  and  Conventions  already  positively  or  ten 
tatively  scheduled  for  San  Francisco  or  near-by 
points  in  1915: 

Agricultural    21 

Business      22 

Educational    22 

Fraternal    36 

Genealogical 7 

College   Fraternities    23 

G-overmental,    Civic   and    Political 15 

Historical    5 

Industrial     15 

Labor    9 

Professional    12 

Religious     9 

Scientific    22 

Social  and  Charitable 8 

Total 226 

The  Congresses  and  Conventions  already  scheduled 
represent  an  attendance  of  from  about  200  to  40,000 
each.  As  these  gatherings  will  be  in  session  from 
three  to  twelve  days  each,  there  is  even  at  this  early 
date  an  average  of  about  four  Conventions  per  day 
for  the  288  days  of  the  Exposition  period  from  Feb 
ruary  20  to  December  4,  1915.  It  seems  certain 
that  a  considerable  number  of  additional  Conferences 
and  Conventions  will  be  secured  during  the  coming 
year. 

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WHY   IN    1915? 

The  Exposition  is  planning  to  make  the  Conven 
tions  and  Congresses  a  great  feature.  These  world 
gatherings  will  bring  to  San  Francisco  the  great 
thinkers  of  all  nations  along  the  lines  of  fraternity, 
industry,  art,  science  and  education.  Low  railway 
and  steamship  rates,  ample  hotel  accommodations  at 
reasonable  rates,  a  favorable  climate,  the  attractions 
of  the  Exposition  and  points  of  interest  throughout 
California  and  the  Pacific  Coast  will  make  1915 
Convention  Year  in  San  Francisco. 


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INDEX 

About  San  Francisco 20 

Accommodations  for  Uniform  Ranks  of  Societies . .  14 

Actual   Experiences  27 

Aeronautics 15 

Alaska 26 

Auditorium   for   Conventions 8 

Automobiling    27 

Baggage    6 

Barracks  14 

Bureau  of  Information 7 

Calaveras  Big  Trees 22 

California  Building 12 

Camping  Parties 27 

Canyons    24 

Climate  of  San  Francisco 28 

Coast  Resorts 24 

Contracts  for  Rooms  on  Agreed  Dates 7 

Conventions  and  Societies,  Bureau  of 29 

Cost  of  Trip,  How  to  Estimate 21 

Dates  of  Opening  and  Closing 8 

Definite  Estimates  21 

Education 10 

Eisteddfod    15 

Estimated  Cost  of  Week  at  Exposition 6 

Exposition  Clubs 28 

Fact  Book   5 

Feather  River  Canyon 26 

Festival  Hall 8 

Festivals 27 

Foreword    3 

Free  Convention  Halls 8 

Glacier  National  Park 25 

Government  Exhibit 11 

Grand  Canyon  26 

Great  Central  Valley 21 

Greek   Theater    8 

Grounds 9 

Grouping  Plan    29 

Hawaii    26 

Hotel  Accommodations  7 

Hotel  Reservations  for  1915 7 

Hours  Exposition  Will  Be  Open 9 

Hunting  and  Fishing 28 

Information,    How    to    Secure 29 

Inside  Inn   7 

International  Military  Tournament 15 

International  Naval  Pageant 14 

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INDEX— Continued 

Invitation,  The  4 

Lake  Tahoe   23 

Lick  Observatory 24 

Light  Housekeeping    27 

Live  Stock  n 

Los  Angeles  and  Southern  California 25 

Lunches  and  Meals 18 

Marina    13 

Mariposa  Big  Trees 23 

Maritime  Exposition  13 

Meetings  at  Universities 8 

Menus   19 

Merced  Big  Trees 23 

Methods  of  Lighting 13 

Military  Features    14 

Music 15 

Naval  Features 14 

Near  San  Francisco 20 

Northwest,  The 25 

Outing,   An    21 

Palaces  Completed  June  1,  1914 10 

Palaces  and  Exhibits 9 

Participation  of  Nations  and  States 18 

Questions    5 

Rate  of  Admission 9 

Redwoods,  Among  the 22 

Regattas  13 

Return  by  Different  Routes 5 

Routes  and  Rates 5 

Santa  Barbara    25 

Santa  Clara  Valley 24 

Santa  Cruz  Big  Trees 24 

Seeing  the  Exposition 9 

Seeing  San  Francisco 20 

Shasta  Resorts   23 

Social  Economy 11 

Special  Days 29 

Special  Events   15 

Sports  and  Athletics 16 

Standard  and  Tourist  Sleeping  Cars 6 

Street  of  Amusements 17 

Summary  of  Conventions 30 

Summer 's  Outing  21 

Transportation  on  Grounds 9 

Trips  by  River 22 

Via  Panama  Canal 6 

Why  in  1915? 30 

World  Outing 4 

Yellowstone  National  Park 25 

Yosemite  National  Park 23 

Zone,  The   17 

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